Its not just the actors inappropriately soft expressions towards a character thats NOT his wife but also the character also not respecting boundaries "physically". When you barely know a person you are careful about touching them even when they are in an extremely vulnerable state. I see it in my line of work a lot where people start crying as they talk since they are often in a very vulnerable situation or are in a lot of discomfort/pain....but you at the most hold their shoulder/arm or you just sit at their level silently offering a tissue allowing them to cry/vent. You dont start holding their hand the way Virat held Shrutis hand. If the pics of that scene were shown to a random person who didn't know head/tail of the show and lets say that Shruti is morphed into not even looking pregnant in that pic, even then anyone would think they are husband-wife.... And that is problematic. There have to be lines that cannot be crossed by him in the name of solidarity and moral support especially when dealing with someone of the opposite gender.
Its also not like he is by any means "liberal" in terms of his pov towards Sai n her male friends.
How would Virat react if he saw Sai sitting in a hospital or a cafe holding hands the way he has done with Aniket/ajinkya. How would he react if he saw Ajinkya holding Sai in his arms because Sai twisted her leg. How would he react if he saw Sai get up and leave unannounced in the middle of the night to meet her friends boyfriend/husband. How would he react if he saw Sai cancel their plan to go meet her friends husband.
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