A poor woman's (Freida Pinto) romance with the privileged son (Riz Ahmed) of a hotel owner (Roshan Seth) leads to tragedy.
Release Date: July 13th, 2012
DVD Release Date: November 6th, 2012
R |1 hr 57 min
Plot SummaryA poor woman's (Freida Pinto) romance with the privileged son (Riz Ahmed) of a hotel owner (Roshan Seth) leads to tragedy.
Cast: Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth, Harish Khanna, Aakash Dahiya, Neet Mohan, Kalki Koechlin, Anurag Kashyap
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Production Co: UK Film Council, Head Gear Films
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