"YOU'RE NOT HER"

PART 1: UNWANTED BOND

Here, Sonam is sitting in the mandap in her wedding dress and now it's time to fill her hair partition with vermillion and tears come to her eyes. As now she is bounded in this forced marriage

[FLASHBACK ]

SONAM'S HOUSE FEW DAY AGO

The room is filled with sense of tension heavy in the air. Sonam, a young woman in her twenties, stands at the center, her expression a mix of resignation and defiance. Abhiraj, a man with a cold aura, looms over her, his presence suffocating.

SONAM: I won't do it. I can't marry him, father. Just because he is your old lost friend's son and his father giving you money to marry me off to him . I'm not doing this.

Sonam's father: sonam, you know our situation. This is the only solution to our financial troubles.

Sonam: But he's... he's not the right choice. He has a criminal background, Father. How can you expect me to marry him?

Father: (frustrated) His past is irrelevant now. Abhiraj has been acquitted of all charges. It's time you give something to us in the end you are just useless person in this house.

Sonam's shoulders slump, defeated. She casts a pleading glance towards her mother, who watches silently, tears glistening in her eyes.

Sonam's Mother: (softly) Sonam, beta, sorry but I can't help you in this you know your father his decision can't be taken down.

With a heavy heart, Sonam nods, her resolve crumbling under the weight of familial expectations.

Son:  Fine. I'll do it. But if Don't workout then I gonna leave him and you won't stop me then.

Sonam's father: okay we won't stop you then.

Abhiraj's father: Wise choice, my dear. You won't regret it.

[Sonam forces a tight smile, her eyes betraying her inner turmoil as she knows her world has turned upside down now]

FLASHBACK ENDS

Sonam's pov

Now I'm a married woman . Now I'm SONAM ABHIRAJ MALHOTRA.  What about the dreams I once had . Will I ever be able to live my life for once. Will this gonna workout? Idk but please universe be on my side this time.

Sonam's pov end

Sonam sits in now her so called shared bedroom, looking out the window, lost in her thoughts. Suddenly, the door bursts open, and Abhiraj enters, with rage.

ABHIRAJ: (screams)You can't take her place, sonam! You can't! NO ONE CAN.

Sonam looks up, startled by Abhiraj's outburst.

Sonam: Abhiraj, what are you talking about?

ABHIRAJ: (frustrated) No one can replace her! She's the only one I love!

Sonam stands up, facing Abhiraj with determination.

Sonam: Then why did you agree to marry me then? Why did you agree to this marriage if your heart belongs to someone else?

They lock eyes, tension crackling in the air as they stand at an impasse.

ABHIRAJ: I don't know. My father, he... he made this decision for me. I was forced but why don't you rejected me.

Sonam's resolve wavers as doubt creeps into her mind. She gazes out the window, wrestling with her emotions.

Sonam:I was forced too. You were there too when I was getting forced . Maybe... maybe my father was wrong about this. Maybe I was wrong to accept this marriage.

Silence settles between them, heavy with the weight of their circumstances.

ABHIRAJ: sonam, I know this isn't what either of us wanted, but I don't think we can work this out my heart belongs to someone else.

Sonam nods slowly, accepting her fate with a heavy heart.

They share a somber glance, the reality of their forced union sinking in as they navigate the uncertain future ahead.