In my opinion, there are darker undertones in the film, all is not so innocent. Neema jumps into sister's bed on her wedding night, for example. It was passed on as naive prank, but even girls of 4 are usually in awe of bride and groom and would not think of getting into somebody's bed decorated so lovingly for the wedding! Neema was much older than 4! I guess Neema was always jealous of her sister and whatever her sister had. This is why she behaved in such a manner that she did attract her sister's husband long before her sister went mad. I also guess her sister sensed that, but being noble and truly loving, pushed it at the back of her mind. Why do you think she was crying on Neema's wedding day after her husband was complaining how he was missing Neema? I guess she detected that he loved Neema without realising it himself and preferred her to his wife. When she found out Neema's husband has died, she lost her mind probably because she a. loved her sister, b. thought even then that her husband (whom she loved) and Neema (sister she loved) would be better suited. it was too much for her to take. This explains why the husband or Neema did not encourage the son to visit his mother even when he was old enough to marry!!! Who knows, maybe not another blow on the head but the visit of her son and daughter in law prompted the main heroine to recover! When her sister came back, Neema was crying over her son,whom she was missing,but she was also crying the same day seeing her sister to go to marital bedroom with her lawful husband. She was only thinking about herself! In my view, Neema was a horrible woman who intentionally entrapped a weak sister's husband. This husband was a good match of her, he placated himself by supporting his ex-wife in mental hospital and imagining that this way he did his duty towards her. He had an image of himself as a noble hero with such an unjust fate, romantic and caring,this was fully supported by Neema, who played a caring sister. Thus the husband playing piano and crying over his first wife scene is so misleading. It suited them to lock her away and leave as if they were victims of this tragedy. The same man would have NEVER screamed at his wife, who just recovered, the way he did if he really cared about her. This is why Punam's character was able to get through it all, it was easy for her to see as she wanted to see and was unbiased, unlike those two selfish characters.
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