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| Banner | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
| Director | Shonali Bose |
| Writer | Shonali Bose |
| Producer | Shonali Bose, Nilesh Maniyar |
| Music Director | Mickey McCleary |
| Cinematography | Anne Misawa |
| Film Editing | Monisha R Baldawa |
| Art Director | Avinash Lalwani, Boishali Sinha |
| Camera Operator | |
| Assistant Cameramen | |
| Playback Singers | Joi Barua, Sharmistha Chatterjee, Sonu Kakkar, Rachel Varghese, Anushka Manchanda, Vivienne Pocha, Mikey Mccleary, Rajnigandha Shekhawat |
| Character | Actor/Actress |
| Laila | Kalki Koechlin |
| Shubhangini | Revathi |
| Khanum | Sayani Gupta |
| Kuljeet Singh | |
| Hussain Dalal | |
| Jared | William Moseley |
| Monu | Malhar Khushu |
| Jacob Berger | |
| Tenzin Dalha | |
| Shuchi Dwivedi | |
| Maninder Chauhan |
| Laila (Kalki Koechelin) is a teenager with cerebral palsy who uses a wheelchair. She is a student at Delhi University and an aspiring writer who writes lyrics and creates electronic sounds for an indie band at the university. Laila falls for the lead singer of the college band and is heartbroken when she is rejected. However, she soon overcomes this phase, when she gets a scholarship for a semester at New York University and moves there with her mother (Revathy). Living in Manhattan, she meets an attractive young man named Jared (William Moseley) in her creative writing class, who is assigned to help her in typing. She also meets the fiery young activist Khanum (Sayani Gupta), a blind girl of a Pakistani Bangladeshi descent, whom she later falls in love with. As she embarks on a journey of sexual discovery, she figures out she is bisexual, as she still feels attracted to men like Jared in spite of being with Khanum. Laila's mother believing the two are like best friends and oblivious to the fact that Khanum is her daughter's lover, invites her to Delhi to spend the winter break with the family. It is during that time that Laila finally finds the courage to tell her mother about her sexuality and her actual relationship with Khanum, which her mother initially disapproves. After a short while Laila's mother falls sick and she learns that her mother had fourth stage colon cancer which has fallen into relapse after previous treatments. Later Laila and her mother patch up and come to terms with each other. After her mother dies Laila plays a recorded speech at her mother's funeral telling how much she loved her and how she was the only one who ever understood her. The story ends with Laila going on a date, with herself, signifying that she now has taken control of her life and doesn't need anyone else to love and care for her. The movie revolves around very delicate aspects of this modern life and teaching society how its better to adhere and accept the changing rituals. |
| Release Date | 17-April-2015 |
| Budget | ₹ 6.00 crore (US$890,000) |
| Revenue |
| Toronto International Film Festival(2014): Won: NETPAC award World or International Asian Film Premiere Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival(2014): Won: Best Actress - Kalki Koechlin Vesoul Film Festival(2015): Won: Audience Award Youth Jury Award Asian Film Awards(2015): Won: Best Composer Award - Mikey McCleary |
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