That is an accurate observation. In the beginning of the show (before the engagement to Archana) Manav had a medium amount of facial hair, just kind of a nonchalant look. Then from the engagement to the separation it seemed like Manav was making an effort to look good for Archana and thus it stayed generally short. The months after the separation it was a bit out of control a lot of the time, as you noted, it probably represented his pain and how he stopped caring about himself after Archana left him. Lately though its been varying. I even made a post once on how in one episode it went from lots of facial hair to none at all and then back to lots, it was probably a shooting continuity error.
Even Archana has been doing similarly. After marriage she made good effort with her make-up in order to look even more beautiful for Manav. After the separation she slowly began to give it up and it now looks like she has no make-up on at all.
In honor of their reunion (whenever that comes) the show owes us a cleaner Manav, dolled-up Archana, and lots of cute smiles on their faces.
Edited by toothbrush13 - 15 years ago