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Social media analyst and culture writer Rohan Naidu explains, "Manisha Koirala occupies a unique space. She is pre-influencer era. She doesn't owe the algorithm anything. When a younger star cries, we assume it's a PR stunt. When Manisha cries, we see our mother, our sister, or ourselves. She has earned the right to be real."

This incident highlights a growing fatigue with the "main character syndrome" of the internet. Users are tired of manufactured drama. Koirala’s viral moment worked because it was the antithesis of a PR event—it was accidentally real.