Originally posted by: hypnotoad
Exactly.
MK's last line is: Meri kya aukaat hai aur uss agreement ki kiya haisyat hai tumhe abhi batata hoon.
We then see him lock the door.
The patriarchal culture we live in, our knowledge and assumptions about feudal systems, the coding we see in our local content has conditioned us to think that these cues imply SA / MR.
Jaise purani films mein ek ladki kisi ladke ko thappad maare aur woh ladka bole mein usko mazaa chakhata hoon, we know he means SA. We don't think this means he will TP her house, egg her car, file a police complaint or some other type of get back scheme. This is because this line has been used recurrently in multiple narratives to mean SA. Similarly, the dialogue and visuals we see here are usually coded as SA in our narratives so we assume this is SA too.
Our understanding of patriarchy and feudal systems also makes us think SA.
Agar kisi aur show jo feudal system pe based ho aur ek aurat ek mard ko thappad maare uss pe thooke and that man utters these lines, we automatically think ke SA hoga. Kyunke aise setup main agar kisi mard ki ego ko aisa lalkara jaye to his reaction is to assert his power and dominance over the woman thru sex.
But we have been shown that MK is not a typical feudal lord.
Think back to when MK found Maryam.
When MK finds Maryam, it is not immediately clear how MK will react.
In particular, look at his expression right after the FB as he moves towards Maryam (see pic)
Many people may have thought MK will yell at Mayam or slap her kyunke woh ghar se bhag gayee, khan family ki naak katwadi.
But he hugged her instead.
He did not condemn her, scold her, or respond in any of the ways we assume a man in a feudal system a patriarchal and conservative culture will respond.
The same is happening here.
It is all a misdirect.
Contract ki haisyat or apni aukat dikhana will not lead to SA or MR
Instead MK may rip the contract and say to Merub that it is not this agreement of paper that has made him comply with the terms (i.e. is kagaz ki koi haisyat nahin) but it is because he respects her choices, values her consent, and loves her (his aukaat).

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