Decoupled, starring R Madhavan and Surveen Chawla, has been streaming on Netflix. On the surface, it looked like it’s a story about a couple who are separating after marriage as they have seen all the ups and downs. Although they decide it’s time to part ways, the two get in the loop of a question of whether they should or shouldn’t be together.

Comprising of eight episodes, Decoupled tells the story of Arya Iyer (Madhavan) and Shruti Sharma (Surveen), who have been navigating a dead marriage for the sake of their daughter. 

As per the PR handout, while explaining about the show, Creator Manu Joseph said, “Decoupled is about a guy who can see in any situation what others are trained to ignore. Naturally, it gets him into trouble wherever he goes, and this sort of objectivity is not healthy for a man in a marriage. One of our goals was to keep it all real. The thing about comedy is that if it is not real it is not funny, and what is difficult about comedy is that every component in a scene has to fire for it to work. It was amazing to watch Madhavan throw away his good-boy image for the lead role and reach deep into his delinquent side. Surveen Chawla, playing his long-suffering wife had a particularly challenging role because it is extremely hard to play a normal sane person. And I’m grateful to the director, Hardik Mehta, who taught me that men with great hairstyles can still be very grounded and hardworking.”  

If you have seen the trailer, you would agree with the fact there is causal sexism as in one of the scenes R Madhavan explained how women make noises while making out and men don’t. Many viewers gave it a green flag thinking it might be one of the cases but turns out that show has ended up upsetting people.

Yes, you read that right. Not just the viewers, critics have also pointed out massive loopholes in the story. From islamophobia to transphobia, people found the show to be deeply toxic.  

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