yeessss watch pratigya, i'm watching it rn and it's amazing
and yes he does prioritise the FL over everything, he doesn't really care about his family and the FL has to convince him to be nice to them. He can be a bit frustrating at first because he's an outright stalker who kidnaps the FL, calls her up at night, sends her anonymous gifts and breaks up her engagement with the guy she likes.
The main theme of the show is about the FL fighting for her place in a highly patriarchal world. Watching this, the family dynamics will remind you of chinese historical ones LMAO
the FL is super independent and strong but still traditional. She marries the ML ultimately so that he'll stop harrassing her and her family, and also as a way to take revenge for breaking up her engagement. She wants to prove that even after getting married, she'll never truly be his and refuses to conssumate their marriage. eventually however, she gives in as she realises how much the ML loves her. It can be a bit frustrating and you'll be annoyed at her character for not accepting the ML.
The ML is the best, he has evrything i love in MLs. He's super aggressive, violent and a local goon of sorts. I remember he once beat up a dude to death for touching the FL( the dude was innocent lmao)
He has a sister too and the funny part is, he's ready to sacrifise her to marry the FL. In order to marry the FL, he had to marry away his sister to a random dude and he agreed without thinking twice. I really love the relationship b/w the sister and her husband though. The husband is the FL's brother who's hesitant about his sister's marriage to the ML so he asks the ML to marry him to his sister so that the ML's family treats her well. It's another hate to love side couple story.
Some aspects can be a bit triggering though. The main theme of the show is patriarchy so naturally the ML and his family is super misogynistic. A lot of the show is based on mother in law- daughter in law scuffles and kitchen politics which can be annoying. The ml is also super misogynistic which can be annoying, but the fl turns him into a better person. There was a scene where he finds out that the FL used to have a relationship in college and slaps her, it was so triggering for me. But overall i love their chemistry, violent aggressive ML and strong mature FL. the ml is like a dog and i love how the fl can control him effectively.
Also it's super long(700 eps), i kind of left it midway cuz of how draggy it was. I left it during some plot thing where the FL's sister becomes the fl's brother in law's second wife.
The ending is also satisfying. The misunderstandings b/w the fl and ml all get resolved early on and i love that they don't get seperated over and over again like other indian dramas