If I remember correctly, Maya married Rishi because she was thankful he and his father took her in after her parents' death. Much like Preity Zinta's character in Dil Chata Hai.
Rishi knew she didn't love him even thought this issue was never adressed and might have assumed that love would come and grow with time.
I always thought that hadn't she been barren, maybe their marriage would have survived because then they'd have a kid to love together. The fact she couldn't bear a child put a strain on the relationship which led to her having an affair with Dev with whom she connected better as they were both two scarred people who must have felt that they were misunderstood by their spouses and even undeserving.
Maya's husband was mister perfect while Dev's wife was an overachiever with a career who was the family's breadwinner.
KANK was a really interesting film in this regard because it showed that the cheating isn't necessarily taking place because their spouses are a-holes but because their mutual relationships were already damaged.
I think that it would have been interesting to show that while one marriage is destroyed by the affair, the other one is strenghtened by it because the spouse would have forgiven the cheater or at least thought about saving what could be salvaged.
Thank you for creating this new thread. 😊
Edited by mali89 - 9 years ago
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