Ishana in Tadap is the less interesting brother of Kabir Singh. Unlike Kabir, he doesn't bulldoze a woman into romance - actually it's the opposite, she makes the first move. But just like Kabir, he becomes unhinged when the love story splinters. He becomes a testosterone-fueled Devdas, drinking, destroying property, breaking bones and later, forcibly attempting to make his partner stay with him. Obviously, Ishana hasn't got the memo on consent. He also runs a movie theatre, which also allows him to project a photo of the woman he has lost on a big screen and then weep abjectly. It's as dreary as it sounds.
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