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1'''Basic Trope''': A wedding is marred by tragedy.
2* '''Straight''': Anjali is in love with Sharukh, but she is [[ArrangedMarriage already betrothed to someone else]]. She marries this other man, but cries all the way to the altar because of her feelings for Sharukh.
3* '''Exaggerated''': Not only is Anjali marrying a man she does not love, but her whole family was just brutally killed right in front of her.
4* '''Downplayed''': The wedding is bittersweet for Anjali, she loves her new husband, but misses her family.
5* '''Justified''':
6** Anjali is trapped into an arranged marriage to a man she doesn't love, when she loves someone else.
7** Anjali's family was beset by tragedy on some level.
8** Anjali was betrayed by her LoveInterest
9** As per [[ValuesDissonance custom]], Anjali [[YouCantGoHomeAgain can never see or contact her family again]] after the marriage.
10* '''Inverted''': Anjali is [[HappilyMarried marrying a man she loves,]] and that her family approves of, and all is right with the world. [[SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel Awww...]]
11* '''Subverted''': Anjali is OK with the marriage
12* '''Double Subverted''': But just before getting to the temple, she finds out that [[OhCrap her brother has been shot]].
13* '''Parodied''':
14** The vows are constantly interrupted by Anjali's loud sobbing.
15** The tragedy in question is that Anjali [[IBrokeANail broke her fingernail]] or stubbed her toe moments before the ceremony.
16* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
17* '''Averted''':
18** Nothing seriously bad happens on the wedding day, and Anjali is marrying her [[LoveInterest True Love]].
19** Anjali's not getting married to anyone.
20* '''Enforced''': "Nothing says drama like tragedy surrounding what's supposed to be a joyful event!"
21* '''Lampshaded''': "The wedding must go on!"
22* '''Invoked''': Anjali is going on and on about Sharukh, and her father decides to break the news that she's betrothed to someone else...and that the wedding plans are already made.
23* '''Exploited''': ???
24* '''Defied''':
25** Anjali marries Sharukh in secret.
26** Anjali's parents follow the western method, and she marries whoever she wants, huge dowry and UpperClassTwit can suck it.
27* '''Discussed''': "I thought marriage was supposed to be a happy thing..."
28* '''Conversed''': "Weddings in UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} tend to be tragic; it makes for more {{Melodrama}}."
29* '''Played For Laughs''': Someone is playing a sad tune on a violin during the wedding.
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35%%* '''Implied''': ???
36%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
37%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
38%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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