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Payal and Palomi represent two sides of the same coin. In simpler words, they both depict similar confusion in almost all situations. The only difference is that, before, Palomi was hyper passive and Payal was hyper active, and now, it is the exact vice versa.
Payal has done equal bad to the Toshniwal family, and all the credit goes to her 'Schemer Mother'... (Sorry forgot her mother's name.)
Initially, unlike Palomi, I didn't like Payal. I felt the immediate need for Payal to oppose the big grand 'Picture Wedding' and more than her, I think I hold her typical stereotypic parents responsible for that nonsense to even happen on this earth !!! I mean, a man comes to you and reminds you of a child marriage, tells you that, "Your daughter is suppossed to stay in my house, because she is 'suppossedly' my younger brother's wife." She is that man's wife who is missing and I have no idea whether he is even alive or not, or if alive, whether he'll return to the Toshniwal Haveli or not, and if he returns, whether he'll accept Payal as his wife or bring some other lady as his wife. The parents try to refuse his proposal, but then they're given a lecture on some unbelievable 'Dharma Gyaan' by Uma, "If my brother is alive, Payal will live as his wife in my house, and if he's dead, she'll live as his widow in my house." Shri Shri Shri Sant Maha Saadhu Uma Ki Amrit Vaani Ko Shat Shat Pranaam !! đ
Coming back to the topic, the parents simply give in to Uma's power in Ladno, but the fact is, how can they do such an injustice to Payal ? Being her parents, they agreed to something which is neither good for her nor legal...and none of the three bothered to ask Payal what she wanted, what she desired. This came in as a shock to me that Payal actually accepted to spend the rest of her life with a photo hanging on the wall ! I mean, it's okay if you want to surpass Kangana's Queen performance, wherein she went alone on her honeymoon, but then she did get married to a living person right ? Maybe Payal aims to get the National Award too, just like Kangana got for Queen...đ¤Ł
I don't really blame Uma for this, because the reasons he pointed out to Kanak later, as in why he brought Payal to his house, was just because of his backward thinking. He thought that Payal would not be safe and secure in the society without her husband's presence with her, and she needed to be guarded, so it was her right to stay in her in law's house. He felt that, he as the man of the Toshniwal House and her elder brother in law, should act according to his 'Dharma' which asks him to protect her, in her husband's absence. Uma's main mistake is that he just forgot to ask Payal's wish, and he didn't even realise his mistake. I think it has become his nature to cage women in his house and he thinks that the women would enjoy that. Maybe women like Palomi and Masisa do, but not all of them would feel so. The only good thing is that he didn't keep accusing Payal's fate for her present state, however, Masisa did so.
However, it was stupid of Payal to silently accept her so called fate. She should have taken police's help. She should have fought for her rights, as we are suppossed to fight our own battles. We should not expect others to fight for us, since they themselves are too busy with their battles in life. Payal remained mute, and so now she got what she deserved.
Even though confused, she entered the Toshniwal house as the younger daughter in law. She remained gloomy most of the time and later on, became friends with Kanak. She could open up a little, only to Kanak. I was happy to witness their growing friendship. I was glad that atleast the 'Toshniwal Bahus' have each other for emotional support. I think initially, both Kanak and Payal could relate to each other's similar problems. Payal, though unwillingly, got married to the photo frame. We could call it a forceful marriage, where Payal refrained herself from opposing. She lived a married life, single, not having her husband around to share her feelings. Kanak, though strong, easily got into a major confusion regarding 'Umashankar Ki Shaadi' and was later forcefully married away to an unknown person. She also lived a married life, single, even though she had her husband around. She could never accept Uma, and so, could not speak openly to him.
Though, both were forced, the only factor that differentiates Kanak from Payal is that, Kanak strongly oppossed the Toshniwals, while Payal didn't and she never even tried. Kanak came out as a stronger personality, who refused to believe in 'blind faith' and 'fate' like words. On the other hand, Payal, out of some kind of fear of being rejected by the society, the fear of letting down her parents, accepted all that nonsense open-mindedly.
Having said that, I could feel the loneness more around Payal, but then that was what she chose. Back then I started liking her somewhat, as she didn't curse any of her in laws for her present state, atleast she accepted the outcome of her choice whole-heartedly. She kept all her feelings bound to herself and never complained to anyone. (Though I don't support this kind of meek behaviour, I also appreciate her willingness to accept the consequence of her own choice/decision.) She didn't plan to take revenges and stuff, atleast initially she didn't. She was sensible enough only at that time. But then again, she started blaming herself and her fate, for her husband-less married life, believing Masisa's crap. That is what I and Kanak, both don't appreciate. đ
According to me, that one thing that remains common, between the 'initial' Palomi and 'initial' Payal is that, they both made two similar choices, that is to mute their opinions, and readily accepted the outcomes. But then again, this meek and submissive nature only remained the initial definition of both of their characters.
As and when time passed, Kanak couldn't see Payal's poor state and so she advised Payal to escape from that jail as soon as possible. Kanak could relate herself to Payal and strongly empathised with her. That was the sole reason behind Kanak's advice. Payal did so, and she first encountered her mother in her maayka. When Payal's mother questioned her foolishness, Payal easily blamed Kanak for her decision. Payal's 'Schemer' mother understood that Payal was 'rightly guided'...oops, 'misguided' to run away from the Toshniwal house, by 'Kanak The Saviour.' Schemer mother couldn't tolerate her daughter's downfall. Maybe deep down in her heart, the mother in that lady would be sad to see her daughter face so many trials and tribulations in life, at such a young age. Maybe she found herself guilty for Payal's present state of misery, a married life without a husband, and so she might have decided to help Payal establish herself as a better daughter in law than Kanak among the Toshniwals. This would atleast secure Payal's future, if Aditya wouldn't return for a longer period of time. Or maybe her mother feared the society's questions regarding Payal's return from her 'Sasural.' Whatsoever may be the reasons, she did put all the crap stuffs into Payal's mind and turned her into a Schemer too, though an unsuccessful one. She thought to exploit Payal's mind and make her realise that Kanak is her competition, by this way she triggered Payal's ego issue. She forced her to believe that Kanak is insecure of her, and so she advised her to run away. Payal found her mother's words more sensible, and consequently, the usually naive Payal thought to go back to the Toshniwals and win against Kanak. đĄ
The point is that, when Kanak advised her to escape from the Haveli, Payal too felt the urge within herself to get released from that prison. She somewhat repented her choice to stay with a hanging photo. She couldn't even adjust to the frequent rok-tok of her in-laws. That is why she chose to escape, right ? Then when she reached her maayka and spoke to her mother, she fell an easy prey to her mother's scheming. She easily believed her mother's words regarding Kanak. If she thought that Kanak really 'misguided' her, then was she a child, to follow Kanak's advice without questioning it ? She herself chose to be misguided, if she takes it in that way, and then she blames Kanak for her own choice, and gets ready to bring down Kanak in front of the Toshniwals. Even if Kanak would have compelled her to leave the Haveli, it would have completely been her decision to 'be' forced to do so or not. She herself dared to run away all alone, and later on, like a mindless child, she started manipulating her only friend's trust, according to her mother's scheming. This itself proves how naive she is. She doesn't even have a mind of her own to take any sort of action. đ¤˘
That is the point from where, the audiences, or atleast I myself, lost all hopes on Payal. đ
She gets back to Kanak everytime, to prove her dumb nature time and again, but she fails to impress the audience. On the other hand, there was this Kanak who became a 'Sacrificial Understanding' Figure and supported Payal even when all the others refused to even understand Payal's point of view. She stood firmly grounded for Payal and did a phenomenal job in making Uma realise his mistake. In the process, Kanak lost her Dhairya Pariksha, (Patience Test) but that didn't bother her nature to rebel against the wrong and injustice. Payal received the fruit of her choice FINALLY, even though that fruit was available to her due to Kanak's hard work and perseverance. Payal was officially married to a hanging photo frame, and she now was allotted a mother to her younger brother in law Shiv, who could now be addressed as her adopted son.
The hypocritic Payal back then, appreaciated Kanak's attempts and struggles for her betterment, but as usual, again went in for her mother's dirty tactics to bring down Kanak, and rule the so called 'Kingdom of Toshniwals House.' She took no time to actually think about her next move, about how it could harm the blooming KanUm relationship, and immediately rushed to a kurta-less Uma, to disclose Kanak's hidden motives. This shows her double standards, her baffled self. She had no worries about Uma or the rest of the Toshniwals, she in no way cared about their well-being. She just wanted to prove herself righteous and better than Kanak. In short, bring down Kanak's image. Solely for this reason, she revealed the truth to Uma. đđź
As someone in the forum rightly pointed out, nowadays, Payal along with the missing Aditya, has turned into a photo frame in the Toshniwal house. She hardly speaks, and when she does, she gets slapped by Kanak. No offence, but I did find it very very funny, when Kanak suddenly appeared out of nowhere just to slap Payal as soon as she finished praising the Toshniwals. I don't know whether that was right or wrong, and I don't prefer to go into that. But I definitely found it humorous. đ
I just hope that atleast in future tracks, the CVs try to change Payal's naive portrayal. Payal should be shown as an able person, who takes a right stand against any wrong-doings of Masisa or Uma. She need not be like Kanak, instead, only a bit of confidence will improve her personality, as it will break her hopeless image in the house as well as among the audience.
So here's Payal's life story which became a bit tooo long. I didn't mention the Payal-Ved angle, as it seems like the CVs themselves have completely forgotten that track, they no more care about it. So even I don't.
I do not wish to offend anyone's opinion regarding any of the topics written in my post. It is purely my perspective of seeing stuffs and it's completely okay if any of you don't agree with me.
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