Maryada-Anything but bold

I have been watching Maryada on and off for the last few months –more off then on and cannot contain my anger at the way this once promising serial is panning out. It was billed as the bold story of four Indian women who will cross all limits to save their maryada. Unfortunately as is the case with most Indian serials the original concept has gone astray and not reflected the original premise. The four intertwining stories of Priya, Vidya, Uttara and Devyani are anything but bold. Let me explain why I say that. First take Vidya the country bumpkin who has been trying to win the love of her homosexual husband. In true filmi style she was ready to get her Gauruvji married to another woman when she was unaware of her husband's sexual tendencies. And now that she is aware I bet that she will be the bharatya nari and return to her sasural where she was used and abused by her in- laws to save their reputation. Uttara the punching bag murders her husband and retreats into the shadows only to be pulled out by Brahma who attempts to fill her life with colours due to his perverse lust for his sister in law. Priya the symbol of generation X- simply melted when she was confronted by her father in law attacker on her wedding night and by a twist of fate ended up calling him papa. And Devyani the matriarch of the dysfunctional Jakker family will resort to any lengths to prevent the family name from getting tarnished including turning a blind eye to her husband's infidelities, even if that includes her own sister.

The treatment of Maryada and the responses of the four main protagonists to their adversities are regressive – Each has accepted their lot in life and retreated behind the veil of Indian values to justify their positions. What is bold about that I ask? It would have been bold to show the village girl Vidya walking out on her marriage due to the presence of a third person in her marriage, for Uttara to live alone after marriage like millions of widows the world over, for Priya to inform the world of her father in laws deeds (the most disappointing of all four characters in my eyes) even at the expense of her relationship with Adi and Devyani confronting the infidelities met out by Brahma. Now that would have been bold and sent a shining example to women that one's maryada is not in putting up with adversity but lies in confronting such adversity.

i guess still now the bold approach or result has not been shown ..but few issues like, homosexuality , Father in law trying to rape daughter in law ..SSp's lust for his sister in law etc are bold issues to be shown when compared to others shows..But yes Maryada has it's drawbacks ..I don't like the screen play of the show ..But content is worth watching than other shows

I agree to some extent with mannisha,

Starting with Vidya,i think the Arti/Gaurav marriage was just a plot device to make Vidya come to know the truth about Gaurav's sexuality,but i felt it was so cliche also Gaurav was still married to Vidya so how the hell was he meant to marry Arti🤪, Vidya's reaction to the revelation about her husband was shown brillantly,and you feel her anguish that she doesnt understand it and nor can she talk to anyone about it. Arti telling Vidya that Gaurav cannot ever love her was actually quite sad but also like pushing some down when they are already on the floor. although it begins to seem now that Gaurav has some sort of feeling toward vidya the way he defended her yday and said 'mhare patni hai woh' made me think that maybe he is gona realsie he is attracted to both men and woman?😕 i duno im confused... Vidya did walk away but now it seems like she'l go back which i dont want to happen...

Priya's whole thing actually is beginning to irrate me,she's blackmailing SSP to be nice and loving to his family,does she think he will change? he tried to rape her now he is trying it on with his sister-in-law, where is priya's limit?
Uttara annoys me big time,she gets mad at her sister and sticks up for her brother-in-law, the whole charcter has be turned upside down..before she was able to confront men like the bank dude who wanted to sleep with her, and now she cant tell the difference between right and wrong? after that roof top scene why is she still living there,the old uttara would have left to go live in her own place.
She's blinded by SSP cos he got tara back to her.

Devayani is the worst of the lot,she knows alll the truths but just so the family doest get disgraced she's wiiling to destroy people's lives prime example is Vidya, she knows her husbands deed yet she still covers for him. Vidya's line to her about devyani taking her happiness of being a mother away was something devyani needed to hear.

Having said all this, Maryada keeps me intrugude and also its not a typical saas-bahu show like most serials on star...

I agree it is not a typical saas bahu story and therefore keep us glued in the hope that we will see a line to the tolerance, we will see them change coz their patience and their goodness has worn thin forgiving and avoiding issues...

What I see in this serial is the effort of so many families in different situations, who do not confront issues for the sake of maryada, for the sake of reputation... i wonder how many women are married to men who are gay and dont open their mouth due to whatever reasons or even how many are blamed that they werent able to make their men fall for them... as always the woman is the victim..

Priya - did not expect this turn n the character... compromising... but not surprising...

Uttara- naive is fine, but this woman is playing with fire knowingly, you cannot blindly adore anyone and never see the or recognise the look in the eyes, they say women have a sixth sense where men are concerned, which is why there are men u meet and instantly u want to keep a distance and dont feel comfortable around them... and for a woman who has been a victim of abuse, not being able to read any signal at all??????? really?

DEVYANI to me is the worst character n this whole series, the woman who by hiding and keeping all issues under the carpet has done a lot of harm to the family with her misguided sense of oneness. That truly is the most dysfunctional family i have ever seen and all this after her efforts at hiding every issue. To keep the reputation, she personally puts up with a womanizing, ass of a husband , is one of the most polished victims ever. She ruined Vidya's life despite knowing about Gaurav - she put pressure on him and now screwed his life completely. Look at his condition - a good man caught in the middle of wanting to be good and not hurting the wife he was forced to marry, caught in the promise made to his mother about not revealing all, caught against a father and a lover who now is getting possessive and claiming his due !!

She has in her lack of foresight, not realized the consequences of hiding issues, of having allowed Adi to idolize his father !!! Tom, he will be a broken man when he knows all the truth about his father.

I don't subscribe to the fact that children should be made aware of everything, but at least there should be no effort made to hide reality for they grow up with red tinted glasses about the people they adore and when that breaks, it is a very difficult journey laced with guilt that they didn't see the nonsense happening under their own nose, unable to have taken a stand and protected their loved ones!!

Will be interesting to see the turns the CV's make this serial take!!