Anand Verma

When a poor and out-caste, village shoemaker goes to village priest to get the date of his daughter's marriage fixed, the priest in turn asks for labor without pay in exchange.

"These Indian films. They're done to a formula - songs, dance, routines and a lot of sentimental heavy breathing." When her 17-year-old son Roy falls in love with a Muslim girl, and a Bangladeshi butcher seeks help from her husband Raji, Leela realises that the tears and romance of Indian cinema are closer to her own life than she has ever imagined.