Why not return to Mumbai?
I think Trishna's agreeing to go back with him as a maid as before to one of his rural hotels, after he left her in the city to fend for herself, after they had shared a flat and lived as boyfriend-girlfriend, after he had introduced her as his girlfriend to his friends and equals, minimized her and gave him permission to treat her the way he did. She allowed him to treat her like a courtesan/maid and a sex object by choosing to return under those conditions. She had no obligation to him, they were not married...Why not go back to Mumbai, live with her girlfriends like she was doing before, and pursue a career as a music video dancer as she was starting to do? That choreographer guy who offered to buy her that card would have helped her out (in exchange for dates perhaps, but she seemed to like him too). She was apparently very good and could have made a living out of it, perhaps sending money to her family from time to time while remaining her own person and living with some dignity. I would have accepted the end, had there in fact been an 'Angel' character to warrant her running away from her loveless marriage to the Alec character and then killing the cruel Alec and herself. As it is, it makes no sense. She should have left. She should have slapped him when he first made the proposition in that outdoor cafe in Mumbai.
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