Thursday, October 27, 2011

Brahma tells Devyani that he's going to divorce her and marry Uttara

So, today was the climax of the Karva Chauth track and we finally find out what the story has been building up to. Brahma wanted Devyani to keep the fast for him so that he could humiliate her and tell her that he is going to give her a divorce and this is the last time she will perform these rituals as his wife.

While breaking her fast, Brahma tells Devyani that this is the last year she will perform the Karva Chauth rituals for him as he is going to give her a divorce. Devyani is shocked and begins to choke on the water she is drinking. Everyone rushes to her side and Brahma says he will take her home.

They arrive back at Vidya's house. Uttara opens the door eager for Brahma to break her fast. She is taken aback when she sees him with Devyani. Brahma tells her that he has come to break her fast. Uttara performs the rituals while Devyani sadly looks on. Then Brahma asks Uttara to marry him and says that this is another reason why he wants a divorce from Devyani. He will give her one month to figure out how to tell the family and where she will go afterwards, but at the end of the month she will no longer be Mrs. Jhakkar and he and Uttara will be married. Devyani runs out crying.

Uttara comes to console Devyani. She tells her that she never thought that this would happen and she didn't want this to happen. She hopes that Devyani will eventually forgive her. Devyani slaps her.

This action was completely expected from someone like Brahma. The most humiliating thing he could do to Devyani was to break her sister's fast right in front of her and then ask her to marry him. Even Uttara was shocked and felt bad for her sister, though in her case it is too little, too late. What did she think was going to happen when she started having an affair with her sister's husband? That the two sisters would share a husband? That he would continue carrying on with her while giving Devyani the status of his official wife. Clearly, one of them was going to have to go.

It will be interesting to see how this track develops. How will Brahma explain the divorce to the family, particularly to Adi(who thinks that his parents have the perfect marriage)? Will Uttara realize what she has done and refuse to marry him?

No comments:

Post a Comment