Malini wants to possess the ace, Aditya, even if it means marry into middle class. At first she thought of herself as some submissive, loving wife, who would even put up with a middle class household just to possess the hero-like husband. She's not really okay with living in that house like Aditya said. She always makes it about her, gives up her conveniences of a car, only to keep tabs on Aditya. But as soon as he's out of sight, she is annoyed in that house and whining about his lack of attentiveness for her. She bothers him non-stop whenever he goes on work trips but insists that she is okay with his work commitments.
She tried pushing a relationship that fizzled out into marriage when he was clearly showing signs of non-commitment (long relationship). He says at one point early on that he made her wait long for what she wanted - marriage. He even tells his mom that he doesn't have any idea of what passionate love feels like, this lukewarm friendship thing with Malini will do. The mom is thrilled because Malini brings status to the household and nothing matters more to Aparna than looking good to her neighbors. Aparna is like Malini, in her world, Malini is the ace to show off.
She tries for a while to step back when she learns her sister is the one who is the real wife, but goes full bipolar because of her existing mental instability (hinted by her doctor in the episode when she was first told about Imlie by Aditya). So she decides to "fight for her love" even though this was never a love fight. Imlie had Aditya without love, she had him through marriage. According to Hindu rights, she got him first and that was the only time that would matter. No legal registration would ever make Malini the only wife of Aditya because her marriage was never legal in the eyes of god. Imlie had Aditya for seven lifetimes and he knew it way before he fell in love with her. He knew Imlie knew this too cause it was her faith. But Malini sees her battle as one she has to win against the little sister who is not supposed to have all the things she does - looks, status, a psychotic mother. So she tries to rope him in with assault. She even says to her cousin during her wedding that giving someone nasha without consent is illegal, but does the same and sees nothing wrong with it until Kunal blows up on her. Now she thinks she can keep Aditya occupied 24/7 and keep him away from his wife in the same house. The idiocy.
She is just a psychotic woman who wants keep a handsome man at any cost, including her self-respect. As Aditya said though, he is not like Dev, so he's not going to keep up with her for appearance's sake just cause. In the end, Malini needs to go to an asylum and get help. The only injustice that happened to her was by Aditya and yet she is willing to overlook it all and take it out on a little girl because blaming it on women is what other women do best.
Edited by Marybarton - 4 years ago