I have my two cents about actors.. I assure you not everybody goes through the so called casting couch.. and YES! actors are people too.. like Renu cited the example of Pratap Pothan's character in the movie.. that is true in real life.. NTR who was quite the romantic hero and also a god like figure.. meaning, his roles like Krishna and Rama was literally worshipped like god, but did he feel that he was god, NO.. he was very much like you and me.. very gentle a wonderful person, well I am talking about days before he was in HYD>. I have not idea about his political career.. but I have seen him come to the outside the gate to greet all the people who have come to see him .. there used to be buses standing on the street.. when people try to touch his feet he would request them not to do it and moved away slowly with his hands in a namaskaram position.. This man was certainly devoted to his wife of many years and I have never heard no scandal while he was in the cine field
Jamuna was all the time chaperoned by her mother or aunt, brother or a young couple who were distant cousins.. and I can go on with many.. Again, when it came to her getting married.. her husband comes from a very good family and well educated.. there are also so many from younger generation like Suhasini and some others.. so we cannot blindly blame them..
I acted in two plays of course not that close to my co actors, but we were already family friends, and to act sitting next to each other or delivering dialogues was not with any personal feelings.. there are so many in the set in fact there are light boys sitting above the ladders to always light and correct the lighting the directors, spectators, the assistants, the producer..so in any given shooting there are about 30 people surrounding the artists.. how do you think they can feel any closeness to the co actor. I am not saying it cannot happen, but it is hard to feel that at that moment.. they are actors and good at what they do and once they are home they are normal like us..
My second two cents opinion on the husbands or wife cheating when their spouse is in a wheel chair or incapacitated.. I agree fully that once you are committed to the marriage, no matter how ill that person is, the other partner should not deviate from the thought of the togetherness.. when you are married, you better be committed...
The term mid life crisis at least in this country is when the children move away, and there is empty nest.. both husband and wife suddenly find themselves at a loss as to what to do with the extra time.. if the marriage is a good one they stay and if it is already a marriage and they are bonded only because of the children it falls apart.. it has nothing at least in the Indian community as far as I know about Sex or lacking in sex.. IT is a part of life and not the whole life as Mrs. Visala stated..
I believe men also go through menopause and feel sort of not feeling all that macho and like they were in their 20's and 30s' as 50 approaches they want someone to make them feel young, whereas the women, is quite exhausted with raising her children worrying about work and the yard and the in laws, just wants her peace and nothing else. so when that happens, the common thread is lost and they slowly lose each other or just drift away from each other even living in the same house..
That is why in this country they ask the husband and wives to renew their marriage and go and have a private time every few years, that way they understand that they are there for each other and no one is coming between them, not even the chidlren...
Phew! I think i have said what came to my head and if there is any grammatical mistakes.. please forgive me.. I am typing faster as my mind is forming the words..
Bushu