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He’s not deep, he’s just damaged

REVIEW: What Saiyaara gets wrong about masculinity, rage, and the fantasy of fixing broken men

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Nishad Sanzagiri
Jul 30, 2025
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Saiyaara teaser out: Newcomers Ahaan Panday, Aneet Padda star in this  passionate love story by Mohit Suri - Watch

There’s a certain kind of man we’ve seen over and over again in pop culture, across languages and industries. He’s angry, volatile, emotionally unavailable, often violent. He sulks, drinks, lashes out — and somewhere beneath the mess, we’re told, there’s something beautiful; that he’s just one heartbreak away from redemption, and so, that makes him wort…

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