An affair is a sexual relationship or a romantic friendship or passionate attachment between two people.

A romantic affair, also called an affair of the heart, may refer to sexual liaisons among unwed parties, or to various forms of nonmonogamy. Unlike a casual relationship, which is a physical and emotional relationship between two people who may have sex without expecting a more formal romantic relationship, an affair is by its nature romantic. Affair may also describe part of an agreement within an open marriage or open relationship, such as swinging, dating, or polyamory, in which some forms of sex with one's non-primary partner(s) are permitted and other forms are not. Participants in open relationships, including unmarried couples and polyamorous families, may consider sanctioned affairs the norm, but when a non-sanctioned affair occurs, it is described as infidelity and may be experienced as adultery, or a betrayal both of trust and integrity, even though to most people it would not be considered "illicit."

Rituparna Sengupta (Ritupôrna Shengupta; born 7 November 1971) is an Indian actress. She is the leading actress in Bengali Cinema for the last decade in India, and is also currently performing in some well known Hindi Cinema.

Sengupta was born on 7 November 1971 in Calcutta. She was active in the arts since a young age, learning painting, dancing, singing and handicrafts at a painting school, called Chitrangshu, in childhood. She studied at Mount Carmel school, and later graduated in History from Lady Brabourne College. She began studying for a M.A. at Calcutta University, but had to interrupt studies to concentrate on her career as an actress.

Sengupta got married to her childhood sweetheart Sanjay Chakrabarty, founder and CEO of MobiApps on 13 December 1999 in Kolkata and the couple had a daughter in 14 July 2011 . They also have an older son named Ankan. She is actively involved in the cause of children suffering from Thalassaemia. She is also into outdoor sports and plays badminton as a pastime.

Tisca Chopra (born 1 November 1969) is a contemporary actor in the Indian film industry. Her big break in films came via Taare Zameen Par (2007), which won her awards and accolades including a National Award nomination. She followed it up with the award winning Firaaq (2008). She subsequently featured in films that gave her a fresh batch of commercial and critical acclaim. Also known for her sartorial choices and sense of style, Tisca is often on the best dressed lists in India.

Tisca was born in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh into a family of educationists. She graduated from Apeejay School, Noida, in 1987, where her father was principal of her school. Later she studied English Literature at Hindu College, University of Delhi, she also started working actively with amateur theatre in the college. While still at college, she started writing for several publications and also acting in plays for an amateur theatre group and college festivals. After finishing her education, she moved to Mumbai, and trained in acting with theatre gurus Feroz Abbas Khan and Naseeruddin Shah.