"Sometimes the hardest part of loving someone isn't holding on—it's giving them the freedom to choose."

🟢 AARNA KHANNA, 28
Creative Director & Founder, Studio Luma

A force of nature wrapped in emerald-green power blazers, messy buns held together with stolen mechanical pencils, and bold winged eyeliner. She built Studio Luma from the dust of a broken past into one of the most sought-after experiential design houses in the country. Unapologetic, sharp-witted, shameless in love, and dry-humored through life's heaviest blows. She's back in Mumbai with one goal: show Vivaan Malhotra she never stopped loving him — and if he still chooses a life without her after 100 days, she'll walk away without a single regret.

⬛ VIVAAN MALHOTRA, 31
Principal Architect & Co-Founder, M&V Architects

The steady, unyielding anchor of M&V Architects. Charcoal-grey suits, rolled-up sleeves, unreadable dark eyes, a couple of silver strands at his temple he pretends not to notice, and a perpetual cup of black coffee he usually forgets to drink. Built his firm on pure grit. Has spent six years convincing himself the past is dead and buried — determined to keep Aarna behind steel walls of cold professionalism. The second she steps back into his space, every instinct he's spent years training himself out of comes roaring back.

🟡 KABIR SEN, 29
Operations Lead & Co-Founder, Studio Luma

Fiercely loyal, dry, pragmatic, and entirely immune to corporate drama. Keeps the business grounded while Aarna dreams up impossible designs. The brother figure who knows every tell when she's pushing herself too hard — and the first to draw a hard line against anyone who threatens what they built.

🟣 MEERA RAO, 28
Head of Design Strategy & Procurement, Studio Luma

Razor-sharp, stylish, deeply perceptive. Manages vendor chaos and keeps the firm running like clockwork. Aarna's ultimate confidante — the only one who can see straight through her "unbothered" routine and call her out before she does something reckless.

⚪ NAINA KAPOOR
Aarna's neighbor-turned-best-friend

Met Aarna during the hardest, loneliest year of her life and never left. Doesn't work at Studio Luma, doesn't care about the design world — just shows up, raids the fridge, and knows the version of Aarna nobody else got to see.

🔵 SAMEER VORA, 31
Managing Partner, M&V Architects

Vivaan's university friend, business partner, and resident entertainment committee. Handles the networking, the demanding clients, and gets endless joy out of watching Vivaan lose his composure the second Aarna walks into a room.

⚪ TARA MALHOTRA, 26
The Bride

Vivaan's younger sister — vibrant, fiery, fiercely protective of her family. Once close to Aarna, now hurt and guarded, caught in the middle of a wedding that's about to get a lot more complicated than her seating chart.

🟤 DEVANSHI MALHOTRA, 56
The Matriarch

The quiet, dignified heart of the Malhotra family. Carried her children through years of struggle with silent strength. Her warmth is boundless for the people she loves — her boundaries are iron when it comes to protecting them.

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