CRUNCH FACTOR, THE

Love comes in all tastes and spices! Twenty-six-year-old Aliya loves almost everything to do with food - eating it, styling it, photographing it. But while her career as a food photographer is on track, her personal life is entirely derailed. Determined to move out of her parents' home, she agrees to marry Kamaal, the hot owner of the trendy new restaurant in town. But why does she feel like she's waded into a bowl of bland khichri? Where's the papad, dammit? Where's the crunch factor? Then, on the day of her engagement, she finds out that the celebrated chef at Kamaal's restaurant is none other than Sameer, an old crush from her younger days. Aliya cannot believe that, even after a decade, he's still as hot as jalapeno poppers and as charming as cheesecake...and that she's as attracted to him now as she was all those years ago. What is Aliya to do now? Should she go ahead with the wedding and settle for a Milky Bar-like relationship with Kamaal or should she choose rocky road pie and explore her possibilities with Sameer?

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