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When her demure older sister, Lena (Ritu Arya), announces her impending nuptials, Ria Khan (Priya Kansara) vows to thwart the marriage by whatever means necessary, believing she is saving her sister from an uncertain and grim fate. Armed with an overactive imagination and a ragtag gaggle of loyal friends, Ria concocts an outlandish heist to protect her sister's independence in the name of feminism. Nida Manzoor writes and directs the action comedy. Co-starring Renu Brindle.
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Polite Society (2023)
104 min
Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.