498A: The Wedding Gift

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498A: The Wedding Gift
Directed by Suhaib Ilyasi
Written bySuhaib Ilyasi
StarringSrishti Gautam
Farida Jalal
Supriya Karnik
Release date
  • 2012 (2012)
CountryIndia

498A: The Wedding Gift is a 2012 drama film set in New Delhi, India. It is written and directed by Suhaib Ilyasi and depicts the misuse of anti-dowry laws. [1]

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Plot inspiration

Producers of 498A: The Wedding Gift maintain that the story of the film is not based on Suhaib Ilyasi's story, but maintain that it was inspired by the death of Syed Makhdoom, a Canadian national and a computer engineer by profession, [2] who ended his life on 5 April 2009 in Bangalore, leaving four suicide notes and a dying video message on his mobile phone.

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References

  1. Kashyap, Nitisha. "Screening of Suhaib Ilyasi's '498A – the Wedding Gift' - Times of India". The Times of India .
  2. "No longer India's Most Wanted: The rise and fall of Suhaib Ilyasi". 5 October 2018.