Hridhay Powdel

An adventurous, foul-mouthed former swimming coach reaches for record-breaking glory when he attempts a triathlon at 69 years old.

Set against the backdrop of bustling New Delhi, the story quietly follows a specific day in the mundane routine-driven life of a young boy called Manu. Manu is a nineteen-year-old, introverted, repressed boy who loves art, and belongs to a middle-class religious family in India. On this particular day, a series of events brings him finally to confront himself, and in the end, leaves him in a dilemma to bring the change in his life or not.

Neil, a young man who loves to dance, and Javed, a man with a quiet, radiant depth, find their relationship at a crossroads when Neil shares that his mother wants to meet Javed. Fear grips Javed—he isn’t ready to be as open about who he is as Neel is with his family. Convinced that heartbreak is inevitable, he wants to pull away from their intense,month-old relationship. But as they sit together at a café, Neil is struck by an idea that transforms a moment of doubt into one of possibility.