Armaan vs Kabir Singh

This post is simply to invite opinions and thoughts on this whole alpha male debate and compare him to a man that is emotionally weak. The idea is not to discuss the film Kabir Singh or its successor Animal but just to take the portrayal of the male lead from there and contrast it to the male lead of this show, who seems to self-flagellate in an emotional sense.

Pleaseeeeee he’s not like kabir Singh at all .. if anything Yuvraj was like kabir Singh or animal

Bro, have you even watched Kabir Singh?

Oh no .. I am not saying Armaan is anything like Kabir Singh ..he most certainly is not ..just wanted to talk of different portrayals of male leads in the media …Armaan is as different from Kabir as cheese from chalk !

I hate the Animal/Kabir type potrayal. As soon as I heard reviews I decided not to watch that trash. Have already seen enough of that type of alpha male and its absolutely cringe.

I prefer to see vulnerable men.

But yrkkh has taken it to an extreme and given us a ML who is enjoying self victimization, and has this whole masochistic attitude of - I have to kill my own happiness and sacrifice everything all the time to get validation. That used to be ITV bahu type thing. And honestly once in a while that type of selflessness and sacrifice, altruism is great. Everyone likes seeing that in a cruel, cut throat world. It fills us with warmth and hope. But when someone just lives in guilt 24x7 and takes on zimmedari of things that he has no business doing in a mindless way then it becomes problematic.

Armaan is definitely way more watchable than a Kabir Singh type guy.

But too much vulnerability also kills the character.

In recent memory another vulnerable ML was Ram Kapoor of balh. But the makers messed him also up too much.

Originally posted by: sharadrocks

Oh no .. I am not saying Armaan is anything like Kabir Singh ..he most certainly is not ..just wanted to talk of different portrayals of male leads in the media …Armaan is as different from Kabir as cheese from chalk !

if we play antonyms.. or vilom ( opposite)

Kabir Singh ka answer would be Armaan

Originally posted by: sharadrocks

Oh no .. I am not saying Armaan is anything like Kabir Singh ..he most certainly is not ..just wanted to talk of different portrayals of male leads in the media …Armaan is as different from Kabir as cheese from chalk !

Ohh... nah Ar is a pendulum swinger but not an Animal for sure Gawd, I watched the movie and I am just glad I never dated such kind of red flags. But I would never call Ar a green flag either. I don't like people who are disloyal, whether to family, friends, love.

Armaan while handling 2 women in his life.

https://youtu.be/HHJCLALiq7M?si=mSZPzydqSvYg7yL2

Armaan after sacrificing everything

https://youtu.be/AdY_KpBmi6k?si=mypKj7IM8sE5lCYz

Originally posted by: Pinecone

I hate the Animal/Kabir type potrayal. As soon as I heard reviews I decided not to watch that trash. Have already seen enough of that type of alpha male and its absolutely cringe.

I prefer to see vulnerable men.

But yrkkh has taken it to an extreme and given us a ML who is enjoying self victimization, and has this whole masochistic attitude of - I have to kill my own happiness and sacrifice everything all the time to get validation. That used to be ITV bahu type thing. And honestly once in a while that type of selflessness and sacrifice, altruism is great. Everyone likes seeing that in a cruel, cut throat world. It fills us with warmth and hope. But when someone just lives in guilt 24x7 and takes on zimmedari of things that he has no business doing in a mindless way then it becomes problematic.

Armaan is definitely way more watchable than a Kabir Singh type guy.

But too much vulnerability also kills the character.

In recent memory another vulnerable ML was Ram Kapoor of balh. But the makers messed him also up too much.

Well written. Especially the last part about ghanti. Lol. So true.

I wish Abhira will be continue to reinforce the thing of how he cant water guilt ka paudha and how he also deserves love, happiness and when he gets it he should embrace it instead of questioning it or walking away fron it.

I love how Abhira is written- especially her dialogues.

But more than Abhira continuing to impart her gyaan, it would be nice if Armaan dwells on it a bit instead of brushing it away. She's giving him pearls of wisdom and he does not even realize how poignant it is. He doesn't even have a brief monologue to think ki "aisa pehle kabhi kisine nahi kaha ki he should stop feeling guilty or taking zimmedari and just let life happen". That recognition of what Abhira tells him as being the liberating voice of reason he's actually craved to hear- thats not happening.

Its like he is so used to feeling guilty and blaming himself and his saviour complex that he cant seem to adequately appreciate someone that is his friend/companion without expecting any saving or handholding, and who doesn't hold him accountable for what happens in life. Infact he seems to be feeling guilty even about how she doesn't keep on reminding him of losing her mother due to him etc.

He needs therapy.