Dear KuNan Haters

If Kunal chooses to be with Nandini, he will lose his entire family and probably may lose the chance of being a father to his own child. If he leaves Nandini, he will have to stay in a loveless marriage. Both ways, some part of him is going to be unhappy, and he knows it. But his love for Nandini has stayed strong and probably will for life. What is wrong with that?

Nandini found love after 7 yrs of marital abuse, but she receives worse treatment than Kunal. The term 'marital abuse' has become nothing but a term that contains two words. Doesn't matter if this includes rape, physical and mental bruises, forced abortions, frequent cheating and so on. 7 is also just a number. Doesn't matter that this translates to 2555 days of torture that she faced alone. The fact that she found what she had yearned for every single one of those days cannot seem to supersede the fact that she found it in her best friend's husband. Also, she slept with him; she did, because that was the first intimate contact she ever had that involved real love, and it happened when she was feeling vulnerable and Kunal comforted her. When you love someone, it happens. She didn't think of Mauli at each and every step of her relationship with Kunal, but she did think of her many times, and she did step away. Ultimately, her love for Kunal overpowered her friendship with Mauli, and she gave in. Is that so wrong? Now she is probably going to sacrifice her love for Mauli's child. Still, her actions are being viewed as evil. Everyone chides her for falling for Kunal, but would they have done so if he wasn't married? So, being married makes Kunal a different person? She fell for Kunal, not Mauli's husband. She cannot fall in love like a normal person, because the one she loves, and who loves her back, is married? She is supposed to subdue her feelings and suffer? Why, just to fulfill societal norms?

The worst part is some people saying that Rajdeep is far better than KuNan. He has become a comedy character for viewers now, and they have forgotten all his crimes - rape, marital abuse and so on, just because they want to hate KuNan so much. It's a new low.

Many members of this forum call Kunal's feelings for Nandini lust. If it was lust, why is he putting so much at stake to be with her?

Also, why is it so difficult to believe that Kunal's feelings for Nandini began to evolve once he saw her dancing in the rain? Most of the people in our previous generation got married only after seeing each other, or sometimes just each other's photographs, once. There are many people who fall in love at first sight. Are these also examples of lust? Or is lust only applicable when married individuals fall for someone other than their spouse? Now, what if Kunal wasn't married? Would that still count as love or would it still be lust? Would the divine symbolism linked to KuNan still be mocked?

Now comes the question - Why did Kunal fall for Nandini when he was happily married to Mauli? Or, was he? I think their marriage was unrealistically perfect, even for a reel couple. Maybe it was perfect for Mauli. But it wasn't for Kunal, even though he thought it was. He was so in awe of Mauli that he made her idea of a perfect marriage his. I always found him a little too happy and chirpy about everything when he was with Mauli. Also, he was over-the-top in declaring his love for her and did it all the time in public too, which was kind of annoying, and also felt as if he was telling it to himself more than anyone else. He didn't share any common interests with Mauli. I'm married and I know for sure that if all I could talk to my husband was about romance, our son, and finances, I'd go crazy. I believe that a marriage should have the right mix of similarity and differences. Kunal and Mauli were too different to be life partners. The spark stayed for sometime, but wasn't meant to be a lifelong partnership. Yes, they definitely shared a bond and planned a future together. And yes, Kunal didn't live up to his end of the commitment. But did he even know that he wasn't really happy with Mauli? If he did, maybe he would've ended his marriage first, and then thought about being with someone else. But he didn't have the time, as his feelings for Nandini unraveled even before he could realize what was happening. When Kunal met Nandini, he saw what he was missing out, and eventually realized that he was married to the wrong person. A homely saree-clad woman who cooks well and shares many of his interests is his lady love. So? This doesn't mean that he is against independent women, women who don't wear sarees, or women who can't cook. He always supported Mauli and he did so genuinely, but deep inside, he wanted someone who could spend more time with him and discuss common interests. He never complained about not getting all that, but it was there in him, and without him realizing, Nandini entered in the form of everything that was missing from his life, and only then he knew. Is it wrong for a woman to voluntarily be a homemaker; isn't she as strong and significant as a salaried woman? And is it wrong for a man to fall for such a woman?

The manner in which the entire incident happened was ugly, but Kunal and Mauli would've parted ways eventually anyway, when Kunal would realize the truth of his marriage. Nandini coming into their lives was more like a catalyst.

Coming back to the characters...

Kunal and Nandini are grey, and to me, are the most relatable ones. They're real people with good hearts, but bad timing. Everything is getting ugly, including Kunal's behavior towards Mauli. It's not right, I agree. KuNan are and will continue to pay the price for it, together or apart. But if their love triumphs and Mauli moves on happily with her life (and child), I think KuNan deserve to get their happiness too. All this shouldn't have been for nothing.

Mauli was too white for me. She was put on this pedestal and almost all the viewers have been worshiping her. When Mauli does something good, KuNan automatically become scum. When Kunal or Nandini do something good, they become dirtier scum because they cheated Mauli, so nothing good they do matters, and Mauli somehow becomes even greater in the eyes of the viewers. I am glad to see Mauli's human side, desperate to get her husband back and blaming Nandini more than Kunal, because that brings some reality to her character. But, that doesn't undo the fact that the makers spent too much time in painting her white while simultaneously painting KuNan grey. Making Mauli grey now isn't going to matter anymore because KuNan haters will continue to hate them and love Mauli. Anything "wrong" that Mauli does from now on will always be weighed against KuNan's mistake, and whatever that wrong thing is, viewers will find a way to say that KuNan is worse.

I do not know why the three main characters were portrayed so differently, but it gave me a chance to see a disturbing truth about people in general. As long as characters remain 100 percent good or bad, they are acceptable. But grey characters are not, because people cannot digest the fact that a woman who falls in love with her friend's husband can sacrifice her love for that same friend. People cannot accept the fact that both these traits are equally real. They want to label the woman as bad, so any good she does is misinterpreted and twisted. When a married man falls for someone, he too becomes this evil being who can never do right. Adultery becomes the ultimate crime and nothing else matters.

And this is something I have seen in real life too. Speaks a lot about the society we live in. That's why people prefer to stay in loveless marriages rather than breaking free and taking a second chance. They try so hard to make marriages work that they forget themselves. And to me, that's not a life worth living. I do not agree with everything KuNan have done, but I am truly proud of them for owning their love.

But also i want to ask question toall those saying MauNal marriage was too perfect thats why Kunal left...ugh how is KuNan roman any more realistic than MauNal marriage? I mean all KuNan does is go on dates. Which part of theoir romance is realistic? Atleast MauNal happy marriage made sense, two succesful people, seemingly in love each other in financial and enmotional stable relationship are happy...whats so crazy about it? How can you see that as unrealistic but see divine love between abuse victim who is still being turtoredo by the abuser, and her bffs hubby because tjey keep going on dates after dates as realistic?

And your argument that nandini has haq on happiness because she was abused for 7 years...thats just f**ked up. She does deserve to be happy but she doesnt get the license to romance a married man and then turn around and demand forgiveness.