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Bollywood, Youth and the Idea of Live-inRelationships

Live-in relationship is a subject that has scandalised the orthodox Indians and

taken up considerable media footage in the recent times. Actor, Sushant SinghRajput, the latest heartthrob, who is seen in a live-in relationship on-screen in

Shuddh Desi Romance, advocates the same in the real life as well. He has been

in a live-in relationship with his girlfriend, Ankita Lokhande, for quite some time

now.

Live-in relationship is a subject that has scandalised the orthodox Indians and taken up considerable

media footage in the recent times. Actor, Sushant Singh Rajput, the latest heartthrob, who is seen in

a live-in relationship on-screen inShuddh Desi Romance,advocates the same in the real life as well.He has been in a live-in relationship with his girlfriend, Ankita Lokhande, for quite some time now.

In fact, if you pause to think about it, Bollywood celebrities have often broken social taboos not only

in reel-life, but also in real life. Long before we were exposed to this trend, actors, Kamal Hassan and

Sarika, were extremely open about their live-in status. The couple even had two daughters outside

wedlock.

So, are we all ready for this Next Big Thing? Let us explore more-

Rajni Khagad, a 23 year old journalist from Indore, working in Delhi with a media firm says, My job

timings are so hectic that I barely got to see my boyfriend. Our relationship was losing its charm. So,

last month we decided to move in together. We do not regret the decision. Though our parents are

not aware of it, but we both feel that this was a logical and practical decision!"

But, has the youth really become so liberal with their thoughts? Well, recently there was a survey

done across 40 cities in India on this subject, and the results to our surprise were not surprising at

all.Live-in relations are born out of lust- 68 per cent of youngsters believed live-in

relationships are born out of lust, while 72 per cent believed that live-in relationships fail and end in

break-ups. And, almost 80 per cent of the parents believe that those in a live-in relationship have

'loose characters'.

As far as the Indian law is concerned, Orissa High Court judge, Justice M M Das says, Today's

youngsters think it's better to be in a live-in relationship than getting divorced after a few days of

marriage. Live-in relationship has become a pre-condition before marriage and unfortunately we

don't have any legislation to protect the relationship."

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Many would not know that the earliest case in which the Supreme Court of India recognised the live-

in relationship as a valid marriage was that ofBadri Prasadvs.Deputy Director of Consolidation, in

which the Court gave legal validity to a 50 year live-in relationship of a couple.

When people start as a live-in couple then why do they eventually go and marry each other? Well,

reasons could be many starting from having children to public acceptance. Society is so important

that many women who are in live-in relationship, but wear mangalsutraand sindoorfor societal

acceptance.

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Superstar Kamal Hasan, who broke the shackles of society long back, said that he never believed in

marriage. People marry because of peer pressure. He said he would have never married anyone, but

the society was such that Sarika (his live-in partner then) and he could not even book a hotel room

together even after they had two daughters.

Actor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, who was in a live-in relationship with Saif, before eventually marrying

him, now profoundly endorses the live-in relationship formula. In fact, she says, it a reality in

modern India.

However, in a nation as big as India, which boosts of handful number of metro cities and

innumerable towns, villages and districts, has this trend really taken over all? What exactly

comprises this modern India? After all, metros don't represent the whole country. Broken marriages

and live-in relationships are still seen as metro phenomenon, and the rest of India is still

traditionally insulated from such things.

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