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With nowhere to turn, a pregnant student finds refuge and companionship with a gynecologist, who is mourning the death of her only daughter.
The story revolves around a U-shaped alleyway in Lucknow, India, where various individuals reside. Mirza is a gentle and poetic man who runs a Tea and Kebab Stall. Hariya, a mischievous young man who develops one-sided feelings for Shabbo, a strong and outspoken young woman.
Goli (Gulshan) is a poor boy in a Jammu village who dreams of becoming a Football player. Circumstances however lead him to take up his father's profession of painting statues. Now in his late 20s he bumps into Rekha, another passionate football player who has been married off at a young age. She however continues to play street Football with village children, coaching and encouraging them to "play the sport".
A couple lived 7 years of their married lives planning for their future but one incident brings their world upside down. That's the moment they decide to live their lives and embark on a long wishlist trip to live each moment of live and fulfill their bucket list before one of them die.
A period drama, the film is based on Ismat Chugtai's most celebrated story "Lihaaf" (published 1942). The film inter weaves the plot of same sex relationship between Begum and her masseuse and the trial that Ismat underwent after being slapped with a case of obscenity on publishing the story. The film raises themes of homosexuality and freedom of speech that our society is grappling with even today.