Producer Soundarya Rajinikanth got candid about her idea of love and equality in relationships while promoting her recent Netflix web series #Love. On Nayandeep Rakshit’s YouTube channel, she spoke about her divorce from Ashwin Ramkumar, her second marriage to Vishagan Vanangamudi, and how her parents, Rajinikanth and Latha, have been her rock through it all. Soundarya also admitted having grown up in a male-dominated household, stating that it was changing now.
Talking about equality in relationships, Soundarya stated that her generation mostly grew up in male-dominated households, and hers was no different. “To be honest, we grew up in a generation where it was probably male-dominated at home. That’s the truth. But it’s changing. Soundarya also credited her parents for supporting her through everything in her life. “For a girl, the first man in her life is her father. And the first friend she has is her mother. And that gets stronger as children grow up. In my difficult times, my parents stood like a rock. I couldn’t have done it without them. When my first marriage failed, it did not make me stop believing in the institution of marriage. It was just a wrong relationship. So when I came out of that, I took my time to heal, but I couldn’t wait to be back in that institution. The producer also mentioned that when a woman leaves a bad marriage and gets divorced, it’s not a big deal for the man to remarry, but the woman gets judged if she wants to.
Because I believe in it. Because they are ‘multitaskers’ and the ‘opposite gender takes that for granted’, soundarya said that a lot more is expected of women.
As you grow older, the concept of companionship and love also changes,” she said. I’m very happy to be married again,” she said.
It’s changing with my parents now, not earlier.
