Originally posted by: nim_var
The anger is on their son who betrayed their trust and made a mother question her upbringing. Also who was responsible for changing her son so much, Imlie. So it is easy to target her as many have in the past + Anu and lash out at her. Plus her status in their eyes is that of a help, however much they sugarcoated it etc in the past, ki ghar ki beti.. today the T's true colors are shown.. all talk only..
Malini should have lashed out against her pati Adi but instead picked on Imlie as she was a soft target..
There can be many perspectives on the above, it is all in the eyes of the beholder.
Imo, those who are closest to us or we love the most have the power to hurt us the most. Like how could they say that.... this is exactly what apu is doing today by lashing out at Adi n Imlie whom she cared for deeply. There was that bond between them that caused her to say those things today.