I'd go even further: while not a serious contender to Manish (can anyone be - a contender to him at all?), he has a cute aura about him.
It's evident he's Bani's neighbourhood friend but NOT MORE THAN THAT. After all - why introduce Suhaan otherwise?
My gut feeling is he will actually be a link in the meet-up of our Jr Jodi (Thahanians understand the seniority distinction). That is, if CVS will develop a nice story line...