A man’s heartbreak is celebrated on celluloid, a woman’s loss is hardly depicted | The Indian Express

A man’s heartbreak is celebrated on celluloid, a woman’s loss is hardly depicted | The Indian Express

Written by Ektaa Malik |Updated: September 2, 2019 9:32:25 am

Ektaa Malik is a special correspondent with The Indian Express. She writes on the ever-evolving digital space, cinema and fashion.

A man’s heartbreak is celebrated on celluloid, a woman’s loss is hardly depicted

We never hear the gut-wrenching sobs that are a definitive byproduct of heartbreak for women, as much as they are for men. So I wonder why we haven’t had a female version of Devdas? Because crying women look “unattractive” on screen?

Hindi film and heartbreak have had a long, symbiotic relationship (Screengrab)

“Baat bigdi hai iss qadar/ Dil hai toota, toote hain hum/ Tere bin ab na lenge ek bhi dum/ Tujhe kitna chaahein aur hum,” hums Arijit Singh in Kabir Singh (2019), as the eponymous character played by Shahid Kapoor comes to terms with his heartbreak — and the end of his “happily-ever-after” dreams with his college girlfriend, Preeti (Kiara Advani).