I am a strong believer that Saas is a Saas and there is nothing wrong in it, a Saas can be good or bad , she can love you AS HER daughter but you can not be her daughter at the end, I love my mother in law very much but I cant love her more then my mother. So Gayitri is Shailjah is mother in law and always be, she loved her LIKE her daughter but when the going get tough she will give her son,s happiness more importance then Shilijah,s . If you remember in the flash back , even when they all first came to know about Eshwar,s decision of dumping his wife and kids and Dadaji, said he is dead for us , Gayitr Devi was not happy even then, she even begged Dadaji not to curse there son as he is there son!!! so there you go.
If all of us give respect to each relationship to its merits then there will not be any conflicts , but when the expectations become high then problem arises.
Renu, I agree that what Dada and BM did was not right but they are NOT the ONLy one to be BLAMED, the biggest culprit according to me was Ishaan , as if it wasnt for his OTT behaviour Suhana has to suffer more. Infact it was not BM it was Dadaji,s filmy idea BM just went along with it. Again I dont blame BM for it so that she have to suffer now, you cant compare that.
I like Panna,s MIL as she is real, she was open about her dislikeness to Panna and now she accepts that she was wrong, she is treating her like her son,s wife, with love and RESPECT.no overly lovy dovy relationship, where as Rano is totally pal mai tola pal mai masha, meaning after one mistake form Suhana she starts blaming Suhana for evrything and then one good thing she is wah wah meri bahu meri bahu.
What I have learned so far is that InshaAllah , I will be a good Saas as I would respect my DIL as a person and love her as my sons wife as she would be the one who would bring happiness to my son,s life , which I think Dadi wants to do as well here as she knows that her son NEEDS BM. In the similar situation I would RESPECT my DIL,s choice and forget that she is my DIL .