The Golden Cage
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A forced marriage, an old vow, and a luxury that feels like a prison.
Janani, a humble college graduate from a lower-middle-class village family, finds her life upended overnight when her father's wealthy childhood friend demands a marriage. To honor a sacred promise between two friends,Varun-a sophisticated, US-based billionaire businessman-is forced to tie the thali around Janani's neck.
Stranded in a sprawling, palace-like mansion, Janani is left to face the biting cruelty of a status-obsessed grandmother who views her as nothing more than a beggar.
Trapped between her family's pride and her husband's icy indifference, Janani must find a way to survive the gilded walls of her new home.
Will she quietly break under the pressure, or will she find the strength to demand the respect she deserves?
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