i think this thread would mostly target indian audience.
hum dil de chuke sanam is an old late 90s indian movie. 

basic plot includes : 90s conservative semi-rich family. ML is born and brought up in an European country with a liberal mindset. visits india to learn classical music from FL's dad. both fall in love. dad forbids marriage. FL marries SML. SML realizes FL still likes ML. gets her abroad to meet him. in the entire journey FL realizes she loves SML. and when she meets ML she's unable to move on from SML and go back to ML and SML and FL end up together. ML isnt toxic at all.

so yeah i am not exactly asking for some melodramatic bs like the movie. nor am i asking a drama where the second lead ends up with the girl ( because there are endless threads for that). i am asking for a series or movie where FL is estranged from ML(automatically ex-bf). spends significant time with SML as a partner and then chooses to either go back to ML or stay with SML, any will do.

any country across asia or beyond will do.

the movie hum dil de chuke sanam is basic on maitreyi devi and mircea eliade's tragic love

by liberal and conservative i do not mean the political agenda in US or any other country where the two terms have become a political notion. just the essence of it

Here's some Indian movies which matches with your requirements :

Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani :- ml falls in love with fl who is already in love with a sml. Despite this, he agrees to help her marry him. It's filled with good romance and great comedy  so i think you will definately like this.

Kal ho naa ho 2003 :- ML and FL fall in love, but a secret prevents ml from reciprocating his feelings and made a plan to set up Fl with her best friend (Sml). Tearjerker movie disguise as comedy.

Rockstar 2011 :- ml and fl meets in college and become close friend. Years later they meet once again and realize they are more than friends but fl is already married. Movie follow Journey of musician who go through Desire, Passion, Fame, Pain and Destruction.

Jab we meet 2007:- ml and fl meets in train journey. Both missed their train, fl blame ml for situation so ml decided to accompany fl to her hometown. Fl already has boyfriend (sml).Two stranger go on beautiful journey which will changed their life.

Barfi 2012 :- impaired hearing ml falls in love with normal fl. Because ml is deaf, fl family pressure her to leave him. 6 year later both meets again where fl is married and ml is in love with sfl who has autism. love can't be expressed only with sanity and language.

Dhadkan 2000:- Ml and Fl are in love with each other and plan to marry, but fl family gets her married to Sml. Because ml is poor. So after becoming rich he comes back in life of fl.

Naseeb 1997:- When Fl father disapproves of her relation with Ml, he vows to become wealthy and returns to find that she is already married.

 Dhadkan and naseeb are both classic lats 90s Indian movies. They have same story but Naseeb is melodrama and Dhadkan is light hearted drama.

Kuch kuch hota hai :- Before dying, a woman leaves letters asking her daughter to play matchmaker for her father and his college friend .Basic plotline itself is very crazy if you think but overall it's good rom-com where fl has to choose between her first love and her fiance.