Mohabbatein

Hinduism and Indian Culture in Mohabbatein
Mohabbatein has endless examples of Indian culture and Hindu religion within its seemingly never ending movie plot. This can probably be attributed to the fact that the movie takes place in India. One theme of Indian culture that constantly reappeared was women’s roles in the family and in society.
In Hinduism people believe they must lead a dharmic lifestyle. To lead a dharmic life you must adhere to the lifestyle that was laid down for you even before you had been born. One must listen to and follow the rules of the caste they were born into. Women are expected to follow their husbands where ever they may go and always remain faithful to them.   An amazing example of a woman being dharmic and remaining faithful to her husband can be found in the text Ramayana. In the Ramayana Sita follows Rama throughout his banishment even though he begs her to stay.
This kind of devotion and dharmic living can be found in Mohabbatein when Kiran stays in her husband’s home with his family even though she knows there isn’t a way he could still be alive. She stays inside all day, keeping mostly to herself while at night she goes to the train station and waits for the husband she knows will never be getting off another train. Another example of a woman trying to live dharmicly in Mohabbatein can be found when Megha tried to forget about Raj Aryan when her father, Narayan Shankar asked her to. She tried to but it didn’t work and so the plot of the film was born when Megha killed herself for not being able to soften her father’s heart.
Another way dharma is represented in Mohabbatein is shown by Megha when she takes care of her father. Each morning she would pray (another dharmic responsibility) and serve her father breakfast. Sanjana does the same thing when she calls her father that he looks “stupid, fat, and ugly”. It may seem cruel but Sanjana was taking care of her father when she did that no matter how mean it may have...