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Some stories don't begin with a choice. They begin with timing.
July, 2024.
The monsoon has swallowed Navi Mumbai whole.
Neven is the quiet boy in the red t-shirt-the one who observes more than he speaks, travels by local train, dreams bigger than his circumstances and hides behind a pair of glasses and a notebook full of ideas.
Tara is fighting battles nobody sees. Raised in a traditional joint family in Kharghar, every decision she makes is watched, measured, and questioned. College is supposed to be freedom, but some walls follow you everywhere.
They were children who lived only a few lanes apart and never met.
Then, on a rainy morning in Nerul, everything changes.
From crowded Harbour Line trains and late-night conversations to Siesons 2025, a Mithoon concert, quiet lake walks, misunderstandings, first love and the painful realization that loving someone isn't always enough, ALMOST is a story about timing, growing up, and the people who leave permanent marks on our lives.
Because sometimes, the greatest love stories aren't the ones that end with forever.
They're the ones that stay with you because they were almost.
A grounded Indian college romance set in Navi Mumbai.
For everyone who has ever loved someone at the wrong time.