Originally posted by: FruitToasty
Kunal was surrounded by strong women all his life, they never had to rely on him for anything, they loved him. When he married Mauli he married perhaps say a reflection of his mother, the same strong woman (its just a guess that she was a single mother considering we do not know what happened with his father), so they never needed him physically and that's the case with most women in India, believe it or not we do not run to men for help, every woman is self sufficient in her own way. When Nandini came, she activated that chauvinist part of Kunal, which needed to be superior than his wife, not his equal. He wants to make decision of their life, he orders Nandini around to look pretty for him, wear his favorite clothes with Mauli, it was shown he likes women in Saree but Mauli didn't like wearing Saree. Nandini lives to please Kunal and Mauli had a life of her own. Now he feels like a man, now he can drag women, he can yell at them, he can manhandle them and suffice to say he's enjoying it. I have seen men getting jealous when their wives earn more than them, no matter how they show that they respect women but the fact is that none wants to relinquish or share the power.