Oppression : The act of oppressing; arbitrary and cruel exercise of power: “There can be no really pervasive system of oppression... without the consent of the oppressed” (Florynce R. Kennedy).
Jashomati (Soha Ali Khan) and Mahamaya (Rupa Ganguly) are as much a part of the nexus of exploitation, as they are the victims. They try to manipulate their way into a more wholesome state of being only to realize in a decadent society of twisted morals each and every aspiration of theirs is to be thwarted. As victims they too are besmeared and therefore corrupted.

“Sex is the most effective weapon of them all, for it gives you power.”

A repressed Mahamaya flashes her body parts to the lascivious priest ,(who devises different ingenious methods to wriggle his way into the Antarmahal )not to seduce him but to intimidate him.
As the priest chants slokas meant to be heard by Jashomati (who is being forcibly inseminated and not even raped, by her husband Bhubaneshwar) every once in a while he sneaks a peek at the spectacle.
Jashomati makes all her demands and requests to Bhubaneshwar just before he climbs onto her, for as Mahamaya says “take the snake just before he strikes, that’s when he is most vulnerable.”

Catalyst: One that precipitates a process or event, especially without being involved in or changed by the consequences.

Brijmohan (Abhishek Bachchan ) is just a smouldering presence, a scantily clad body, a metaphor for male sexuality…Mahamaya and Jashomati are, lets say, affected.

ANTARMAHAL the inner chamber …
More on it later.