Marriage cancellation after engagement

After my fiance and I got engaged, his family decided to not proceed with the wedding around a month before the planned wedding date. There were no particular issues as such and the reason highlighted by his family for cancelling the wedding was that "girl talks". I had a discussion with the boy about the issues his mother created regarding wedding saree, jewelry etc. and within 1hr after our conversation, he decided to not proceed with the wedding. I and my family suffered losses because they asked me to leave my well paying job overseas to settle down with him in our home city Trivandrum. I let go of my job after the engagement like they wanted. Also, we spent money on the engagement ceremony, arrangements for the wedding such as wedding venue etc. Another aspect is the social dignity issue that my family had to face after the engagement cancellation, which is defamation because the boy's family made the girl as the reason for wedding cancellation and bad mouthed about me in our small community. I wonder if I could file a court case asking for compensation of the losses, namely the financial losses I encountered due to my lost job and wedding expenses