Talk about life imitating art. Or in this case, a Marathi movie. Inspired by the movie Sairat, a 16-year-old girl tried to elope with her 20-year-old boyfriend and her 14-year-old best friend to Uttar Pradesh, but she was traced by police officials and rescued from the state’s Basti district.

The girl watched Sairat (above) on May 27, and pressured her boyfriend into fleeing from Mumbai on the same day. File pic