Originally posted by: S.Stephy
I was thinking about this and one thing was sure that if it wasn't Maya there, if it was a man instead of Maya, maybe even a villain like Ashwin there in Maya's place, Ayaan's actions wouldn't be wrong. Imagine it was Ashwin who brought Arjun there, tied him up to the bed and locked his door, then Ayaan getting into a physical fight with clothes tearing, etc. to get the key wouldn't then seem wrong. The problem here is that since Maya is a woman, Ayaan ends up being wrong. The truth is even if Ayaan didn't intend to rape, he is wrong for the physical assault. And in a hypothetical situation, if we assume Maya didn't plan any of this, she or no woman can be faulted for accusing of rape because the way the scenario got played out, the lines do get blurred.
In all this, Ayaan's only tiny ray of hope would be if Maya's hand in the game gets exposed. Again, this wouldn't mean Ayaan is not guilty but just that Maya too would be guilty of other things like drugging Arjun, etc.
PS: Very honestly, it's difficult for me to take sides in the Ayaan vs Maya case because Maya's manipulations don't make her completely innocent and it makes me think that if only it wasn't Maya but someone else like a male person, Ayaan wouldn't be entirely guilty.