After Hrithik Roshan-Sussanne and Farhan-Adhuna, it’s now the turn of Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora to part ways.
Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne
One hears of another long-lasting couple from Bollywood, a camera-friendly model-turned actor married to a glamorous ex-model, who are struggling to keep their marriage alive. But friends say it’s hard to believe that another seemingly perfect marriage has fallen apart.
I had once been to Adhuna and Farhan’s home at Bandstand Bandra, next to Rekha’s place. It was a sleepy Sunday morning, and Adhuna was doing her Sunday things while their daughter was running around the house. It was a normal, happy household with the whiffs of the Sunday lunch coming from the kitchen.
Farhan-Adhuna
Says an actress close to the couple, “First Duggu (Hrithik) and Sussanne, now Farhan and Adhuna; even Arbaaz and Malaika… they all looked so perfect together. I am losing faith in the institution of marriage.”
The never-marry-an-actor refrain has been gaining ground in the entertainment industry for some years. Temptations for actors, even directors and technicians lurk everywhere. Star-wives discarded their fears of philandering husbands long ago and replaced that fear with a resigned acceptance of husbands who will, to put it in the words of a star wife: “Have fun when he is shooting since the heroines throw themselves at him. But once he is home, he is completely with me and the children and I am happy with that.”
But this has its disadvantages. There are a lot more one-night-stands, flings and unconditional affairs happening than before. A lot more seemingly steady and stable marriages will most probably dissolve during the year, perhaps because some male partners in a “happy” marriage would have crossed the threshold of endurance.
Not a one way street
Explaining why so many marriages are coming apart after years of compatibility, Shabana Azmi says, “Not only in the film industry, but also in many sections of society.
Shabana Azmi
The expectations from marriage are changing. When I asked Zoya this question she said, ‘because today women can; they have a choice and they exercise it.
Marriage is not a one-way street. Both partners have to adjust to each other. The concept of made in heaven is defunct’.”
