There’s no doubt that we breathe and live in a society where a man is never labelled as ‘wrong’. From stealing and shouting to cheating, a son or a father is never wrong. At least, that’s what we have been taught from our childhood in desi homes.
While a bunch of movies touched upon this grave issue, there is just a handful of them which left us with nothing but a powerful message. Let’s talk about one such movie.
![Kal Ho Naa Ho - The son cheated on his wife.](https://wp.scoopwhoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/VideoScreenshot-KalHoNaaHo-1749.jpg?w=1024)
Kal Ho Naa Ho, the movie that left us all with a bittersweet feeling, remains one of the cult classics to date. From sobbing into buckets with its last scene to witnessing the best proposal scene, there were a number of scenes that made a warm space in our hearts.
![Kal Ho Naa Ho - The son cheated on his wife.](https://wp.scoopwhoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/VideoScreenshot-KalHoNaaHo-13107.jpg?w=1024)
However, one scene that sends shivers down our spines, each time, is when Lajjo (Sushma Seth) realises that her oh-so-perfect son cheated on her daughter-in-law, Jennifer (Jaya Bachchan) who kept their illegitimate daughter, Gia (Jhanak Shukla).
![Kal Ho Naa Ho - The son cheated on his wife.](https://wp.scoopwhoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/VideoScreenshot-KalHoNaaHo-14523.jpg?w=1024)
The mother, who kept blaming her daughter-in-law and a little girl for her son’s suicide, was stuck in shock when she learns that her son was a cheater and that the “manhoos” little girl is his illegitimate child, not an adoptive child.
![Kal Ho Naa Ho - The son cheated on his wife.](https://wp.scoopwhoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/VideoScreenshot-KalHoNaaHo-14625.jpg?w=1024)
The daughter-in-law, who embraced the child when her own mother couldn’t, could’ve seen the face of the other woman or her husband’s mistake in the child but she accepted her instead.
![Kal Ho Naa Ho - The son cheated on his wife.](https://wp.scoopwhoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/VideoScreenshot-KalHoNaaHo-901.jpg?w=1024)
Needless to mention, the scene is a tight slap on our real society which believes that ‘a man’ can never be wrong kyuki, as per the world, aaurat ne hi kuch galat kiya hoga.
![Kal Ho Naa Ho - The son cheated on his wife.](https://wp.scoopwhoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/VideoScreenshot-KalHoNaaHo-10312.jpg?w=1024)
However, when the mother realised that it was her son’s shame that took his life, and not the child, she embraced her daughter-in-law and grandchild with her whole heart.
![Kal Ho Naa Ho - The son cheated on his wife.](https://wp.scoopwhoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/VideoScreenshot-KalHoNaaHo-14827.jpg?w=1024)
And, that’s the same behaviour we expect from our elders too. Respect, regardless of gender or relationship, is a basic human right that each person in this world deserves!
Please note that all images are taken from the movie.