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She's the chaotic bridesmaid. He's the calm baraati. The wedding isn't theirs-so why do they keep finding each other?
Bridechilla vs Baraatis
When the Sen house in Kolkata explodes into wedding prep, fifteen-year-old Vrinda "Vanu" Sen discovers the ultimate betrayal: her angelic, too-calm sister Ritu has been secretly in love for six years... and the groom is from Mumbai. Cue chaos. Vanu swears she's protecting her sister-and Bengal- from the invading baraatis, even if everyone else is swooning over the match.
Enter one photograph, one perfectly nonchalant face, and a new enemy: Shaan Malhotra (17), younger brother of the groom, all calm eyes and infuriatingly polite smiles. She calls him a chachundar and declares war. He calls her "Hurricane Vanu" and somehow never loses his calm.
Between sangeet practices, auntie politics, snack heists, and city-hopping Kolkata → Mumbai, Vanu and Shaan get stuck in the same orbit. Banter turns into grudging teamwork, and teamwork starts feeling suspiciously like... something else. But with two families watching and a wedding on the line, falling for a baraati is the one rule Vanu promised she'd never break.
Tropes/Vibe: opposites attract · banter → soft feelings · chaotic FL × calm ML · culture clash (Bengali × Mumbai) · wedding rom-com · slow-burn, sweet, teen-safe
Content: PG/teen. Comedy, family drama, tender romance, zero explicit scenes.