Margarita, with a Straw

Margarita With A Straw previously known as Choone Chali Aasman in the Indian market amp Margarita With A Straw in the International market is a 2014 Indian drama film directed by Shonali Bose, starring Kalki Koechlin. Kalki plays a girl with cerebral palsy. The movie talks about her struggle with the normal activities in her life. Margarita, with a Straw is one of the five projects selected for the Work In Progress Lab of Film Bazaar 2013. The film made its world premiere onSeptember 2014 as part of the Contemporary World Cinema Programme at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival TIFF. The movie later went on to be screened at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia, BFI London Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival BIFF and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival SBIFF. It was released in India on 17th April 2015.

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. Lailas mother believing the two are like best friends and oblivious to the fact that Khanum is her daughters 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 Lailas 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 mothers 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 doesnt 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.Marga

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