Just in case anyone watching Mehndi Hai Rachnewali gets the wrong idea from Pallavi's behaviour today ... 🤔
If you ever happen to set your clothes on fire, remember to stop, drop, and roll. 🤣 Do not run through the house like Pallavi. The way to put out a fire is to smother it; deprive it of oxygen.
You can also divest yourself of the burning garment and wear something else. Ask your ex-husband to leave the room if you feel shy.
If you are in the habit of wearing your saree over your shoulder so that the last metre of it trails on the floor, and fortunately only that portion is on fire, you may be able to put out the fire with some Kathak footwork as well.
If a mysterious masked stranger doesn't run into your house to rip your burning saree down the middle of the flaming portion (which is suddenly no longer flaming while in his hands, but resumes burning once flung to the floor), scissors work just fine, and you can cut at a distance from the flames, for your own safety.
Of course, the dangerous situation can be avoided entirely by not setting fires indoors, or at least placing the burning photograph in some kind of ash tray. If you are the proud owner of an old-fashioned wood-burning stove, which once produced enough food for everyone at Pooswami Old Age Home, beware that the smoke from a photograph may not be as pleasant as the smoke from cardboard.
P.S.: If you want to pretend that you don't love your husband, try taking off your maṅgala-sūtra before you attempt agni-parīkṣā.