The R Madhavan and Surveen Chawla starring web show Decoupled is all set for a release today. The story revolves around a separating couple navigating through the crazy journey that is marriage.
Ahead of the release, Madhavan got real about modern day relationships and marriages, and how couples often tend to complicate things.
R Madhavan on complexities of modern marriages
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The actor—who’s been happily married for more than two decades, 22 years to be precise—opened up about the changes in his life and marriage in general.
He told the Indian Express, “I think people are quitting so easily. Priority ki vaat lag gaya hai (nobody cares about priorities). Also, there are so many distractions and pressures, especially put by the corporates and trends. That makes you feel inadequate. It’s undue pressure. I think it’s important to recognise what is important. In the end, it all cuts down to a simple life, with a companion. I think if we look at the relationship shared by most of our parents, we will know it’s not so complicated.”
Madhavan considers himself to be fortunate to have found Sarita Birje as his soulmate. In one of his previous interviews he had mentioned how he thought he would never get married because of his dark complexion.
He told Zoom, “Sarita was my student and she asked me out on a date one day. I was a dark man and thought it was an opportunity. Didn’t know if I would ever get married so I grabbed on to the opportunity and married her.”
Surveen shares what marriage taught her
Credit: Surveen Chawla, Instagram
Surveen, who plays Madhavan’s on screen wife in the upcoming show, also wholeheartedly agreed with him and added what she’s learned from her marriage.
She said, “I have been complaining about a few things to my husband regularly. The show has played a huge part in changing a wee bit of my outlook. When I went back, I realised the magic of acceptance. I have beautifully accepted things and now let them take their own course. You don’t need to decide everything, you can let things roll out themselves. And I find that beautiful. Also, coming to changes in marriages now, I think exit has become so easy. It’s so unfair that way since you have an option all the time. I don’t understand how one can be so non-committal about everything.”
Lead Image Credit: R Madhavan, Instagram and Netflix India
