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: In recent interviews, she discusses how the film highlights the social stigma

The film does not paint Rhea or Rishi as monsters to justify the affair. Rishi is a wonderful guy; Rhea is a supportive wife. This was the film’s most jarring element for audiences—it forced them to sympathize with two people betraying two innocent partners. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna

Johar, along with cinematographer Anil Mehta, uses New York City not as a glamorous backdrop (as in Kal Ho Naa Ho ) but as a . The gray, wintry palette, the barren trees, and the constant sound of trains symbolize emotional paralysis. : In recent interviews, she discusses how the