Leela, a young woman, struggles against her devout father’s attempts to force her into an arranged marriage. She is secretly in love with another woman and eventually kidnaps her bisexual lover in a desperate attempt to be together and escape her family's control.
Hussain, a Muslim fundamentalist, kidnaps Fareed, a liberal Muslim scholar who preaches against extremism. Hussain intends to silence Fareed through torture and eventually murder. Leela, a young woman, struggles against her devout
The film weaves together two parallel, unrelated narratives that explore the violent consequences of rigid societal beliefs: Hussain intends to silence Fareed through torture and
The two stories are linked thematically by the concept of "unfreedom"—the struggle for identity against oppression, bigotry, and violence. Both narratives culminate in intense, graphic scenes that depict the brutal lengths to which individuals and institutions go to enforce their ideologies. a young woman