Sanam Teri Kasam (2016)

After being disowned by her family, an awkward librarian relies on the help of her brooding neighbour.

Directors: Radhika Rao, Vinay Sapru

Writers: Radhika Rao, Vinay Sapru

Stars: Mawra Hocane, Harshvardhan Rane, Vijay Raaz

Story:
The film starts off with everybody congratulating the leading lawyer Inder Lal Parihar "Inder" (Harshvardhan Rane) because he has won an important case. Steering away from everyone and all the congratulatory messages, Inder stands in front of a huge tree, which leads the viewers to a series of flashback incidents that connects Inder's yesterday with his today. Saraswati "Saru" Parthsarthy (Mawra Hocane) is a young and intellectual librarian with healthy principle whose simple appearance keeps away any suitable husband, meanwhile her little sister Kaveri is a beautiful girl who is concerned about her wedding with her fiancéé Sanjay because it can't take place before Saru's, due to their father will. While Kaveri encourages Saru to find a partner, their parents try to find a groom for a combined marriage, in vain.

After another failed date, Saru decides to get a makeover and seeks help from a renowned stylist whose boyfriend is Saru's neighbour Inder, the drunken son of a famous and wealthy lawyer. She went to Inder and try to have an appointment but the stylist walks in on them speaking and presumes that Inder is cheating on her, promptly retaliating by throwing a glass bottle at Saraswati that strikes Inder instead. Then Saru and Inder passed the night out in order to cure him but the security guard alerts her father accusing them of indecent behavior. The father misunderstands the couple and disowns Saru in anger and declares her dead.

Now on the journey of Saru starts with Inder. He helps her to find a rent and a have a total makeover because she promises to fulfill her family's hope finding a suitable groom for herself. Despite Inder falls in love for Saru supports her wish. Abhimanyu, Saru's crush, discover her as a beautiful woman and proposed to marry her but on the day of the marriage he left the altar. Saraswati rushes to Abhimanyu's house, where his father reveals that he does not want a disowned daughter in law. She leaves heartbroken and travels to her honeymoon sweet, where she asks Inder to have sex for consolation, to which he forcibly agrees. The next morning, Inder wakes up and find Saraswati missing and witnesses her outside embracing Abhimanyu. This leaves Inder heartbroken and he spirals into depression and alcohol.

At a later date, Saraswati's mother asks Inder to give Kaveri's wedding card to Saraswati then he went to Abhimanyu's office and learns that Saraswati had actually left him and asked to not inform anyone. Inder searches for Saru in vain but he tracks down her phone and finally finds Saru in a Buddhist monastery. She tells him to leave and claims to use him to get over Abhimanyu. He leaves hopeless but he comes back to give Kaveri's wedding card and professes his love for her upon seeing her tears.

She faints, and at the hospital, Inder discovers she has a malignant tumor that is untreatable. Saraswati tells him that she desires to be buried under a tree so that flowers can be showered upon whoever visits her grave. Later that day, Inder forcibly enters the house of Saraswati's parents and demands that they stop pretending their daughter is dead. The next day he is arrested for charges pressed by her father. While he is at the police station, Saraswati gets discharged from hospital and goes to the library where she discovers the secret messages that Inder left for her in check-out slips. Inder runs from the station to findicate her, and after witnessing her desperation, the inspector allows him to meet her at the library. They unite in an embrace and Saraswati asks him to marry her. The inspector them together and encourages their union. While she is sleeping that night, Inder goes to her parents again and threatens to kill her father, saying that he can kill or die for her happiness and announce their marriage.

The wedding day, Saraswati's parents forgive her and bless the occasion. She faints after signing the marriage document; the hospital informs her family that she will die imminently. Inder asks his father, whom he hates, to acquire for him the land under the tree for Saraswati's burial but leaves when his father misunderstands him. Saraswati dies in his arms, promising to meet him soon. Inder leaves the ward to find his father waiting, and after their respective apologies, they reconcile.

In an epilogue scene, Inder, a famous lawyer, is shown standing near the tree that marks Saraswati's grave. He asserts that she must be happy to see him successful and sober, confessing that he has left drinking. He confesses that he misses her very much and every day of his life. Inder expresses his gratitude and a promise of eternal love as a rendition of title plays in the background amidst showers of flowers.