Uniforms,morningrollcall,order,anddisciplinedeterminelifeataprestigiousboardingschoolsomewhereintheHimalaya’smistyfoothills.16-year-oldJaivardhanaisn’tthrivinginthisauthoritarianenvironment.Anopportunityfortemporaryrespitefromthisstrictregimepresentsitself,whenaformerteachervisitstheschoolandoffersinterestedstudentsaphotographyworkshop.DuringMrSapru’sinspiringlessons,theyoungpeopledon’tlearnaboutdepthoffieldorshutterspeed,buttheydolearntoopentheirsensesandexperiencetheworldaroundthem.ThephotographylessonsalsointroduceJaivardhanatoTarini,anewstudenthehasbeenwatchingforawhilenow.Somethingcautiouslydevelopsbetweenthetwotimelesslovers–becausetheirpresentmeetingprovestofulfilacenturies-olddesire,thatreferencesaclassicIndiantaleabouttragicloversandanevil,jealousruler.Whenfatestrikes,JaivardhanadecidestoseekoutthemythicalfigureHanuman.Thislendsthiscoming-of-agefilmacosmicdimension,thatdirectorRahatMahajanalsoexpressesinhisdebutfeaturefilm’snarrativeform.Contemporaryandancientstorytellingmeetinanoriginalfusionofclassiccinema,withexpressivestorytellingtraditionsfromthesouthofIndia.Mahajan’sownboardingschoolexperienceswerenotonlytheinspiration,butalsoprovidedthefilm’sprincipallocation,asitcameaboutincollaborationwithstudentsandstaffofhisformerschool.