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@lovesickgyu sure, the pixie cut retention would've been a cool representation for the pixie cut peeps. a li'l character trait or quirk of hers. except that, it's the long hair that is more consistent with her character instead of her getting frequent haircuts that retained her pixie, and here's why:

meeta does not care about her appearance: she is plain indifferent. she wears what she likes, pops pills and talks about their side effects like it's no biggie and if you see through out the movie, her hair is always unkempt. always.

meeta cannot afford to care about her appearance: she has committed financial fraud and is in crushing debt and has come to steal 100 million from her father, for the second time! her hair cut and maintaining her "character quirk" is probably the last thing on her mind. she is constantly anxious about the investors. she does not have the capacity to spend on herself. maybe she likes her hair short, yea. but to her, it's still just hair. just tie it up or let it be - it's the last thing in her list of problems.

meeta is not a pick-me: she does not go out of her way to ensure that she is "not like other girls" or whatever. she's just a massive nerd with debts that hang over her like the sword of damocles. that is who she is. which is why the lengthening of the hair is more consistent with her character than the pixie cut.

the longer hair does not make her more conventionally "feminine": she's still the same meeta before and after 12 years - nerd, in need of money, wearing "boy clothes" and having a non-delicate body language, anxious and very technical and logical and straightforward. unlike anjali from kuch kuch hota hai and sanjana from mai hoon na, meeta does not have a "feminine glow-up" that makes her more desirable to the male lead and finally gives him a reason to be romantically interested in her.

given that the director was vinil mathew who only 3 movies to his name - The Chosen One, Hasee Toh Phasee and Haseen Dilruba - all three of them being fantastic works, I believe he knew what he and the makeup artists and costume designers were doing.