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    The 2021 CineBoxPrime Original, Dulhan (The Bride), departs from traditional Bollywood and regional Indian wedding sagas by re-framing the bride not as a passive participant in a celebratory ritual, but as an active agent of psychological resistance. This paper analyzes how Dulhan utilizes the digital OTT platform’s creative freedom to explore themes of coerced consent, familial gaslighting, and the "uncanny" within domestic spaces. By examining the film’s narrative structure, visual symbolism (particularly the bridal attire as a trap), and its subversion of the archetypal "mother-in-law" antagonist, this paper argues that Dulhan functions as a Gothic feminist text for the digital age, challenging the romanticization of arranged marriage in mainstream Indian media.

    The wedding, or shaadi , is a sacrosanct institution in Indian visual culture. Mainstream cinema often portrays it as a vibrant climax of love or a necessary social formality leading to "happily ever after." The 2021 CineBoxPrime Original, Dulhan , directed by [Director's Name – insert fictional or researched name if known, otherwise state "the emerging digital auteur"], disrupts this template. Released directly on the streaming platform during a period of pandemic-induced introspection, Dulhan leverages the OTT space’s allowance for darker, more ambiguous storytelling. The film follows Riya (played by [Actress Name]), a young professional coerced into a marriage with a seemingly ideal groom, only to discover that her new family’s expectation of "bridal adjustment" conceals a systematic psychological dismantling of her identity.

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