By Hindu rituals I guess they are unmarried.
RK however isn't very traditional or religious, so I guess to him it doesn't matter whether he has 4 pheres or 24!
To Madhu I thought it would matter, but it didn't which was confusing.
To Madhu she was married, so I guess it doesn't matter whether she took 7 or 4 pheres.
But even by Hindu rituals, peoples opinions vary. Some on the forum who are Hindu say they would accept a marriage based on 4 pheres, whereas some say you should do 7 and go completely by the book. So I guess both are right in their own ways. I'm not a Hindu, so I won't say I think one way is correct and the other is not.
People are saying they are legally married because RK made Madhu sign a contract. As far as I know such a thing does not exist in law. You have to specifically register your marriage. RK making Madhu sign the contract has no bearing on the legality of their marriage. They are legally unmarried. Such a contract would never be enforceable in law.
But I don't think we should really bother with this. When the writers want it, RK and Madhu are married and when they don't want it RK and Madhu aren't married. The writers are happily mocking marriage and making a joke of their own show!
Edited by butterfly15.. - 12 years ago