Dhanno,
Great Questions. I have tried to be as honest as I can and answer them to best of my abilities.
1. If Robbie and Raunak were played by very talented, respected and acknowledged but average looking actors like a Manoj Bajpai, or Ranbir Sheory or Rajpal Yadav, would you have still had the same opinion about the respective jodis......i.e. fierce loyalty towards either Ro-Ka or Ra-Ka and would you have swooned over these couples?
The current RoKa or Raka jodi do not elicit any fierce emotion is me other than total disgust. I don't think any one could do any kind of justice to these half baked characters. Regarding picking different actors, as long as they suit the characters, the looks aren't that important – not to me, atleast.
PS- I am really interested to see MB play a rockstar.
2. You had a girlfriend/ boyfriend who has moved on and in the process caused great pain to you. Before you can recover, she/he ends up being your close cousin brother's wife/ husband. All three of you currently live in the same house. What would be your (a) instintive (b) emotional and (c ) practical reaction? . What you you then do?
Well most of my family & friends have a code of integrity – so I can be pretty sure that none of my cousins/friend would date let alone marry someone who caused me heartache. But if for some weird twist of fate it did happen, I would never live in the same house as them ever. No amount of arm twisting/emotional blackmailing will ever make me do that.
Also even after I get over the heartache (which I surely would – personally I value my life too much to spend pining for someone) I would maintain an emotional distance with the couple. And it would be harder for me to forgive the cousin/brother than the ex. But I would try to do all this as decently and without fuss as possible. I for sure would never make a fool of myself; have too much ego/pride to let that happen.
3. You had a girlfriend/ boyfriend whom you loved, but later on parted ways. You are very close to the person's family. You then meet her/ him again after you are married. He/ She is mentally disturbed and needs attention and support. The only thing He/She can remember is the past with you, before the person took ill. What will be your reaction to him/ her?
Hmm tough one. I would be sorry for that person but my primary concern would be protecting my current family. To be very honest, I would rather have the doctors, medical science & his family work through the problem. At the risk of sounding totally bitchy, I would not risk my present/future happiness and peace of mind for my past.
I don't think a movie like scenario where you have your spouse's blessing to help the other person get better is ever possible in real life. It just opens everyone you love to lot of hurt and insecurities. I would not appreciate anyone doing that to me, so wouldn't do that to my spouse either. To me it is represents a choice between past & present. And being the practical soul I am, I always choose present.
And lastly
4. You end up marrying a person under great emotional stress or duress or parental pressure. You know that your marriage is a compromise and you just not able to get it right with the spouse. You fall in love with another person after the marriage. Your realtionship with this other person is now based on trust, understanding and respect. What would you do? If you had kids would your answers be different. If yes, why?
OK this one is totally impossible in my case. I cannot even imagine marrying under emotional stress /parental pressure. Getting wasted in Vegas and finding myself married is just a tiny bit more believable than that (which again I promise would never happen with me). The only reason I would marry is because I want to get married.
But I do believe that all marriages require trust, understanding, respect and a lot of compromises. I do not expect marriages to be the happily ever after part. I expect it to be challenging and at times annoying – but knowing that there is someone you can rely on for rest of your life is priceless – isn't it?
And I also believe falling in love is a relatively easy thing to do. It is the staying in love part that needs a lot of work and effort. So if I am attracted to someone after my marriage, I will fight that attraction. I will do my best to make my marriage work.
But if I do realize that outside of my marriage, I have found true love and that's the only thing that would make me happy, I would try to explain that to my husband and get a divorce. (I would take a long long long time to come to this conclusion, if this is necessary). Anything else would be dishonest and unfair to everyone involved. And I am not the kind of person who can live through a farce.
And my answer would probably the same if I had kids. I would just be very very slow and careful about the while thing. I would try my best to provide them with a stable environment.
But I would never have kids, if my marriage isn't working out in the first place. I am way too practical for that.