Maryada 101

"Maryada: Lekin Kab Tak?" (Keeping To Our Limits: But Until When) is an Indian soap opera that airs daily on Star Plus (a Hindi channel). It is set in Haryana, a state in northwestern India, which is one of the most conservative in the country. The show revolves around the family of Senior Superintendent of Police Brahmanand Jhaakar. The main characters are Brahma's wife Deyvani, her sister Uttara, and the family's two daughters-in-law Priya and Vidya. The show focuses on the stories of these four women revealing the hypocrisy behind what looks like the perfect family.

The highlights of the plot so far:

• Brahma attempted to rape Priya, who later turned out to be his son's fiancee. When he didn't manage to call off the wedding, Brahma threatened Priya saying that if she ever tells anyone what happened, he will ruin her life. He didn't hesitate to send his own son Aditya (Priya's husband) to jail just to show what he could do.
• Brahma is having an affair with Uttara, his sister-in-law, whom he manipulated into thinking that Deyvani didn't treat him properly. Priya told Deyvani about this, but it is difficult for Deyvani to break her habit of keeping silent and protecting her family's image and her place in society.
• Brahma and Deyvani's first born son, Gaurav, is gay and in a relationship with Karan, his best friend and the son of a prominent politican in the town. To protect Gaurav's secret from Brahma, Devyani got him married to Vidya, an innocent village girl. When Vidya found out her husband was gay, she went back to her parent's home. However, she couldn't tell her parents the real reason that she left her in-laws and her father forcibly sent her back to her in-laws. Being unable to go back home and not wanting to go back to her in-laws, Vidya attempted to commit suicide by drowning herself, but was saved by Priya's brother Cheenu, who is a doctor in a an army camp. Word of her location got to her in-laws, and Deyvani came to take her back home. However, the twist is that she has realized that marrying Vidya to a gay man was unfair to her and she tells her "I'm taking you home not to save your marriage but to break it."

Below is a video of the "Maryada" Theme song: