Kumud Chaudhary

A 13-year-old Londoner visits his hometown in India for the first time and develops a deep crush on his rebellious cousin sister. His pursuit of her peels back the ugly layers of patriarchy and classism that pervade the culture of his traditional Muslim family.

Urmi, a newly married young bride is left behind in the village with her in-laws, while her husband Arvind goes off to a job in the big city. Inder, her husband's cousin falls in love with her and proposes to her. Unable to deal with her husband's neglect and her in-laws nagging her for a child, Urmi escapes into a relationship with Inder. When the relationship comes out in the open, Urmi has to deal with not only the family's accusations but also her lover's cowardice. Declared guilty by the local village court, Urmi demands justice from a court made of all the village heads, where her husband's neglect and her lover's cowardice are revealed.