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'''''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.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/Screening-of-Suhaib-Ilyasis-498A-The-Wedding-Gift/articleshow/19724704.cms</ref><br />
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==Plot inspiration==<br />
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,<ref>https://theprint.in/india/governance/no-longer-indias-most-wanted-the-rise-and-fall-of-suhaib-ilyasi/130099/</ref> who ended his life on 5 April 2009 in [[Bangalore]], leaving four suicide notes and a dying video message on his mobile phone.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.498a-film.com}}<br />
* {{IMDb title |2417504}}<br />
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[[Category:2012 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about Indian weddings]]<br />
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