Three things odd about Mohit Suri’s Saiyaara

As Saiyaara breaks box office records and records a frenzy relatively unknown to Bollywood post-Covid.

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00:00What's wrong with Sayara?

00:02Is Sayara actually a sensation or just scientifically incorrect?

00:06Well, the movie has struck gold at the box office.

00:09But here are three things that strike one as odd about the film.

00:12One, the film revolves around the 22-year-old female lead suffering from early onset of Alzheimer's.

00:18Now, according to medical professionals, this is a highly improbable situation.

00:22Neurologists say that Alzheimer's doesn't show any memory loss symptoms before age 40.

00:27Usually and such hard-hitting symptoms can almost never occur in the 20s.

00:32Age is still the biggest risk factor for the common form of dementia,

00:36which gradually destroys memory and the ability to function daily.

00:40It comes with a huge emotional burden to those around the patient,

00:43but often starts with simple forgetfulness.

00:45Science aside, the film relies on the age-old trope of a manic pixie dream girl

00:50who sets her own life aside for the dreams of the male protagonist.

00:53So, while the film doesn't leave people as divided as Kabir Singh or Animal,

00:57it makes the viewer reflect on what exactly is the takeaway from the 2.5-hour long run-time.

01:02Third, the movie plays along the lines of Mohit Suri's time-tested formula of

01:06melancholy, heartbreak and the darkness within.

01:08It's Ashki 2, it's Aik Wilin and now Sayara, which loosely translates to rotating in Arabic.

01:14And the movie is rotating indeed between finding logic and originality.

01:18But as it turns out, in 2025, the power of freshness and a timeless formula

01:23can still set the die rolling for filmmakers.

01:25The question then is, do viewers even want anything else?

01:29Let us know in the comments below.