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.^[1]

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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,^[2] who ended his life on 5 April 2009 in Bangalore, leaving four suicide notes and a dying video message on his mobile phone.