THE THREE-MINUTE MONSTER

Ishan Malhotra and Safa Ali were deeply in love. Everyone around them adored the lovely couple. With Ishan thriving in his modeling career and Safa working as a successful cardiologist, they decided it was finally time to get married.

​However, as the wedding drew near, they were involved in a tragic car accident. The crash took Ishan away from Safa, leaving her to mourn his unfortunate death.

​While Safa was still grieving, the man suddenly reappears in her life, claiming he was alive the entire time. What felt like a miraculous blessing has soured into a cold, relentless suspicion. Safa watches the man who wears her fiancé's face, but the Ishan she loved seems to have vanished in the six months he was missing.

This man is a fractured shadow. He startles at a whisper, recoils from the light, and views a simple meal with a feral, starving desperation. Safa begins to wonder: Where was he during those missing months? The scars on his spirit suggest a horror the car accident can't explain.

Haunted by his strange behavior and the hollow depth of his gaze, Safa is determined to peel back the layers of his trauma. But as she digs into his missing past, she realizes that the truth is far more dangerous than a kidnapping.

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