Chetan (17) bothered by pimples and an anxious mother, dreams about making a time machine one day. He falls in love with an imaginative new girl in his class, Mishthi, who becomes the centre point of his existence. Mishthi whose parents are divorced, makes him promise that if they are ever together he can never leave her. Their life is perfect. However, one day, Chetan’s 50 year old version appears suddenly in his room. The older Chetan has invented the time machine in his time and has returned to eat home food and divest his younger version of his romantic notions about life, leaving young Chetan confused and bitter-sweet about his future.
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Leeches (2016)
“Leeches” is a film about two Hyderabadi sisters who live in the interiors of the city where a lot of orthodox practices are still prevalent. The female protagonist, Raisa, is a young, feisty girl of sixteen, the eldest daughter of four to a single mother. When she learns that her innocent little sister has been promised in marriage to an old man in exchange for money, she decides to protect her by taking her place. Except, she’s not a virgin anymore and the suitor in question has paid for a virgin bride. Her quest to restore her virginity leads her to discover a forgotten old wives’ trick, but the ensuing consequences are devastating in ways that she could never have imagined.