New Delhi: Margarita, with a Straw starring Kalki Koechlin is a film about a young girl and her fight with her own life.
Kalki plays a girl with Cerebral palsy and her struggle with the life she desires to win over leads her to experience a different world.
An untouched periphery in Indian cinema, ‘Margarita, With a Straw' seems special. Kalki, for that rare glance appears wonderful in the trailer and looks doing brilliance in the film with her performance too.
Laila, played by Kalki Koechlin seems a free-spirited girl who is set bound with her ailment but discovers her sexuality and explores a new dimension of her life after getting involved in a relationship with a fiery young activist Khanum (Sayani Gupta).
Laila, who initially serves as a student to Delhi University goes to New York University for higher studies but her sexual trespasses come as a hindrance to her family relationship.
The trailer opens up exploring beautiful Laila who sees the world with her own beautiful self and wants to enjoy the life to her fullest. However, life is not too easy to live, she realizes soon and that's when the story seems to be cropping jitters for the lady.
Watch the heart-touching trailer of Kalki Koechlin starrer ‘Margarita, with a Straw' here…
‘Margarita, With a Straw' also stars veteran actress Revathi, Sayani Gupta, Kuljeet Singh, Hussain Dalal, Malhar Khushu, Jacob Berger and Tenzin Dalha in other pivotal roles.
Directed by Shonali Bose, ‘Margarita, with a Straw' is one of the five projects selected for the Work In Progress Lab of Film Bazaar 2013.
The film made its world premiere on 8 September 2014 as part of the Contemporary World Cinema Programme at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film is expected to have a national release in India in 2015.
