Characters
The story revolves around three friends, Siddharth Tyabji (Kay Kay Menon), Geeta Rao (Chitrangada Singh) and Vikram Malhotra (Shiny Ahuja) and how each tries to find his or her purpose in life.
Siddharth is the son of a retired judge, born and raised in luxury and privilege. But he is attracted by the communist movement, especially the Naxalite movement of West Bengal. He sees the social inequalities around him, and is convinced that a communist revolution is the answer to all the problems. That he lives in wealth, smokes pot and listens to Western rock while espousing the ideas of Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong does not affect this decision.
Geeta Rao, meanwhile, is from a middle class South Indian extended family. As such, she is a sheltered person. She is in love with Siddharth and his firebrand personality. But while she likes to hear him talk of revolution, she herself is not so sure about taking part in one.
Vikram is from a middle-class family, with a Gandhian father who is an idealist. Vikram is very ambitious, and wants to be successful, by hook or by crook. He is also in love with Geeta, but his love is not reciprocated.
Other characters playing a significant part in this film are Saurabh Shukla, Arif Zakaria, Yashpal Sharma, etc.
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