From Fateh to Pakhi and Vanraj: characters who had extra-marital affairs in TV shows

Fateh, Pakhi and Vanraj

Daily soaps are highly viewed by Indian audiences. Since years, daily soaps have been setting trends with the content. Be it showing the docile daughter-in-law to ambitious working women, Indian Television has explored various angles. While most of them has been very well accepted and loved by the viewers, angles of infidelity have been creating an uproar among the viewers.

It has been a long time that the track related to extra-marital affairs have been incorporated in television shows and the viewers have often put their strong opinions against the same. Have a look at popular television characters who have been indulged in cheating their partners by having an extra-marital affair.

Vanraj and Kavya

Vanraj Shah played by Sudhanshu Pandey in Star Plus show ‘Anupamaa’ cheated on his wife Anupamaa for nine long years until she caught Vanraj and Kavya red-handed, making out in her bedroom. Anu had an emotional breakdown watching them romance. Her journey from picking herself up again and standing for her own rights have clicked pretty well with the viewers.

Aditya, Malini and Imlie

In Star Plus show Imlie, Aditya, Imlie and Malini’s love story has been quite complex. While Aditya loved Malini, he had to get married to Imlie under unavoidable circumstances. He later got married to Malini but with passage of time, he started to fall for Imlie while Malini was unable to figure out the issues that kept Aditya away from her.

Fateh, Jasmine and Tejo

In Colors' show Udaariyaan, Fateh and Tejo had to get married under an unavoidable circumstance. The duo gave their relationship a chance and grew closer to each other. They consummated their marriage and post that Fateh’s love for Jasmine bounced back and he started to cheat on Tejo. Fateh lied several times and even made Tejo feel sorry while she wasn’t the one at fault. Tejo has now taken a stand and have given divorce to Fateh.

Pakhi, Virat and Samrat

Pakhi from Star Plus show ‘Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin’ never moved on even after getting married to Samrat while Virat got married to Sai. With Samrat’s return, audiences expected Pakhi to move on and start her new life with her husband. While she has been pretending doing the same, deep down, she still has hopes for things to work-out between Virat and her.

Mouli, Kunal and Nandani

Shakti Arora played the role of Kunal in Colors’ show ‘Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka’. Kunal had an amazing life: a successful business, a stable personal life and a beautiful wife. His life took a drastic change when he started to fall in love with his wife’s best friend Nandani (Drashti Dhami). Kunal left everything to be with Nandani. His decision didn’t turn out to be fruitful.

Apart from the above, Kuldeep Chaddha (Siddhaanth Vir Surryavanshi ) from Zee TV show ‘Kyun Rishton Mey Katti Batti’ and Rishi (Rohit Suchanti) from ‘Bhagya Lakshmi’  have also been shown to have extra marital affairs.

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