00:00A bride in a red lehenga, a car pulled up, one last hug.
00:11The internet thought it had watched a real goodbye.
00:25The viral video showed a woman identified as Shreya,
00:28dressed in full bridal attire,
00:30arriving in a car to meet her ex-boyfriend just hours before her wedding rituals.
00:34Her friend claimed she was getting married under family pressure
00:37and had wanted to meet her former partner one final time.
00:40The moment looked raw, emotional, believable.
00:43The clip spread rapidly across ex-Instagram and Facebook.
00:47Users debated emotional closure before marriage,
00:50while others expressed sympathy for the groom.
00:53Several media outlets also ran the reports on the video,
00:56adding brief disclaimers that its authenticity could not be verified.
01:00But the video was not a real incident.
01:02People share their stories.
01:05The clip was posted by an Instagram account,
01:07chaltefittay098, run by digital creator Arav Mavi.
01:11His page featured multiple dramatized videos
01:14centred around heartbreak, relationship conflicts,
01:17and emotional story telling.
01:28In a later video, Arav Mavi clarified that the viral bride clip had been created by him.
01:33He said the scene was scripted and inspired by real life stories shared with him by followers,
01:38not an actual event.
01:40According to him, the video had felt real to viewers because many found it relatable.
01:45Actually, he couldn't get married with his family.
01:47He couldn't get married with his family.
01:48He couldn't get married with his family.
01:49He couldn't get married with his family.
01:50He couldn't get married with his family.
01:55Further, the same individual scene playing the ex-boyfriend in the viral clip,
01:58appeared in several other videos on Mavi's account in different roles.
02:02The conclusion is clear.
02:04The viral bride video was not a last-minute real-life reunion.
02:08It was a scripted emotional reel and the internet fell for it.
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