While the mother strives for a better morrow, daughter is resigned to continuing her lowly yesterday The daughter struggles at math to an extent where she won't clear her tenth grade exams . She clearly lacks motivation to make an effort to understand math and clear her Career's first hurdle - tenth grade. Mother uses some brute force and wisdom to make her daughter study. She hatches a plan with the doctor in whose residence she works as a maid, whereby she resumes her discontinued studies coincidently in the same school and grade as her daughter. The mother literally competes with her daughter mainly in math, making her daughter disgusted at the thought of her outscoring mother . The daughter hates the idea of having her mother for a classmate. The mother challenges her daughter to pass her interim examinations if she wants her out of sight and out of school. The daughter strives hard to out score her mom in the interim exams. She out scores her mom but shows no signs of continuing her pursuit of excellence for want of motivation. It seems that she only wanted her mom out of school and out of sight but doesn't want to continue working towards passing her grade exams. Mother confronts daughter alarmed by her lack of interest in studies and speaks of her struggles . The daughter has a notion that her mother comes late from work owing to unethical pursuits to earn money. She later learns from her friend that her mother toils on a daily basis, in a dhaba as a worker by night, as a maid in doctors'' residence in the morning, as a classmate during day after managing all these pursuits and all of that to see her daughter avoid the same fate as her.
Understanding the hardships of a lowly life, respecting her mothers' labour, she works towards dreaming of a better tomorrow with her mom. As they sit beside the greatest marvel of human love - the Taj Mahal, the curtains are drawn closer, a new chapter dawns on us, as mother's unconditional love has yet again conquered the lassitude of mediocrity, the daughter appears in the UPSC exams years later, her opening response to a question in the UPSC panel interview being "I don't want to be a bhai"! Her mother's dreams appear a step closer to reality.
Watch it for its purity in thought, depiction of struggling motherhood, Swara Bhaskar's speckless acting, the daughter's natural depiction, the government school environment and supporting characters, your unsettled tear glands while you leave the hall:(:::) beautiful it is!
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