So you walk like this
Pose, step and turn!
I'm gonna show you this one last time.
Walk like this. Stop, pose, step one, step two.
And I want you to be really really careful because you're doing this in sarees.
- So are you ready to win? - Yes!
- Team Walrus! - Team Walrus!
In the first 2 weeks of college I understood that studying dental isn't easy.
There's just 1 college fest that happens in a year and everyone waits for it.
It's usually either getting dead bodies to practice dissection or a college fest.
After Sukanya left, Zahira became the president of the cultural committee.
And she was selecting freshers for her fashion show team.
Next?
Hi, I'm Nisha. First year, from Bihar.
I believe in peace and global warmth and
my hobbies is to love dance.
And spread smile in the atmosphere.
Thanks. Next?
Oh...cutie!
Hi, my name is Durin Das. I'm from Assam.
I love dancing and cokin.
- What? Cocaine? - No, no! Cokin!
- The one mommies do. - Your mom does it too?
To cook...
Oh cooking? That's cooking.
- Yeah, that as well. - Next?
Hi, I'm Manu Jindhal and my hobbies are...
My hobbies are...
You don't remember your own hobbies?
Why don't you go stand alone in the corner and think about what you like doing alone.
Okay? Next?
Zahira won her first beauty contest when she was 3 years old
and since then she's been addicted.
Dentals have won for the past 2 years because of Zahira.
When the medicals refused to let us practice in the auditorium like always,
Zahira challenged them to try and win.
Next?
Oh my God...
Hi, everyone. My name is Milli...! Ow!
Ouch!
The thing is, when I wear sarees and heels together I have to look at the floor.
'Cause if I don't, then there won't be any eye and feet coordination.
Besides this, I'll kill it!
Richa, listen. Zahira's going to announce the names of who she's selected.
- You also come, okay? - Yeah, go ahead. I'll join you.
Jo, what do you think? Will I get selected?
- Okay, atleast wish me luck. - All the best.
Thank you! Bye!
I get irritated with the noise that plastic bags makes.
I'm looking for my saree. It's the theme of the fashion show.
'Graceful Indian girl'. So...
That rhymes. Literally and metophorically.
You're not participating? Why?
Because I am paticipating in "I don't give a f*** about none of that shit'!
And I'm winning at it.
Oh you know, Oxford
defines 'grace' as "the ability to move in a smooth and controlled manner."
But your regressive college fashion show defines it as moving
like puppets in trapped petticoats.
I still can't find my saree!
Don't know where I kept it...
I know where your saree is.
- You took it? - Follow me.
Jo, please tell me when you take stuff. If not I keep looking for it like a crazy person.
Keep quiet, man.
- Yo? - Yo!
- Thanks for starting home delivery system. - Yeah, okay. Pull it carefully.
- Yeah, yeah. - Carefully...
Jo, this is my sa...
Richa! Richa!
Meet my friends- Bala and Aarav.
Oh shit! He's looking right at me. Why am I looking at him?
I shouldn't look, right? No, no! I shouldn't look directly at him.
Dude, he's not the solar eclipse. You can look at him.
- Bye! - Come on, let's go.
- Bye! - Let's go.
You know, your face is full of 15 things your body does when you're around your crush.
Do you even know who he is and you're still blushing?
Jo, what are you saying? It's rubbish. I don't care.
I'm on my period
And to top that off I have to rampwalk all day gracefully so...
- That's why you...There's nothing like...
Done? Here...
Keep this pack of Whisper Ultra and go run around the ramp to your heart's content.
And come back victorious.
Also, keep the money for this on my table.
50 bucks extra for delivery charges.
Bye! Yeah, yeah...
Well his name is Aarav Sharma. Boy's hostel, B-wing.
He roams around the college in just one pair of white shoes
and he loves flavored yogurt that he buys from a small store closeby.
You're going through a very bad time man
Your BP is high and your sugar is low.
Take a crocin and if you still don't feel better, work from home.
I'll write you a prescription for it, okay?
And the final contestant to be selected for the fashion show, is-
Richa Kamat!
Richa? Richa? Richa!
And to all the aspirants who've not been selected, we thank them for their interest
and better luck for the next time.
All the contestants, please move here.
But, ma'am, please give me another chance?
I'll do much better than this. Really!
Milli, I saw you falling when you were just standing during the break.
So I'm sure even your father won't be able to walk the ramp with heels and saree.
But we were on a break!
And is it a must to wear a saree for a fashion show?
I mean, sarees have been in fashion forever!
Listen, everyone!
This is my last chance to win against the medicals.
I won this competition 3 years ago only because of one reason.
I was being myself!
I want ya'll to do the same!
Ma'am, can I put my glasses back on then? I can't see anything.
No, you dimwit!
You have to be me!
Forget who you are just for a day.
I want you to step on that stage and forget if your shoe is biting you,
if your bodies are not meant for these graceful sarees
or if your parents have gaslighted you for years!
I want you to be the best model versions
of your role model.
Ma'am, do you wear a saree clockwise or anti-clockwise?
Ma'am, my toothbrush and strings are both lost inside my petticoat.
I gave my saree for alterations to the tailor
- and he still hasn't returned it. - Milli!
Milli?
Go get all the sarees from the tailor.
He can't see after 6 in the evening anyway.
I'll then decide if I can select you based on that.
Fine, who doesn't know how to wrap a saree?
Asabyasachi must be crying in his f*cking closet
- Sir, please give our sarees. - Which sarees?
The green ones.
Those are Mantri's. Who sent you?
Zahira Ali, from dental.
Zahira who? The 'touch-me-not fairy'?
Yeah.
The one who thinks she owns the college?
Yeah, yeah.
- The one who time stops for? - Yes, she's the one.
Moneylenders also stop for her. Tell her to clear her debts first.
Yeah, I'll tell her. Please, give us our sarees.
What sarees? Any tom, dick and harry just comes for sarees.
Sir, please give me the sarees from medical.
Yeah. Hey little one, pass me the green sarees.
Even your theme is green?
Of course, it's always been green.
- See you later. - Are yours green as well?
Should've told me before.
All right girls, we're gonna walk like a lioness.
Stand, pose, step and turn!
Got it? Got it?
Go team Rhinos! Go team Rhinos!
And then we saw that the medicals were doing our routine.
What?
What do mean it's the same routine?
They were turning exactly when you told us to turn.
- The clothes are also the same. - So is the song.
Don't they have brains though?
If they do the same routine as ours, they'll get screwed
They're from medical. They always go on the stage first.
So... we will get screwed?
God...
We don't even have time for a new routine. Also, where do we get clothes from?
The freshers from medicals aren't brave enough to battle me.
Ma'am, they even have some political backing.
Political backing?
Some Mantri...
That's Ramya Mantri.
Let's go now!
Listen, get a few more girls with you. We have a situation here.
Yeah!
Who's Ramya Mantri?
Medical college's Bantai
She loves stirring fights
- She's the reason Jo and Zahira fought - What do you mean?
Long story. I'll tell you later. Come on now.
Hey, Zahira! I knew we'd meet today.
Was it your intuition or your fear?
My horoscope said "old enemies might cross ways".
Richa, there's gonna be a fight here. Take my glasses, I just have pair and it may break.
You think you're too smart, don't you?
Didn't the medical entrance exam prove who was smarter?
Why didn't you make your own routine if you were so smart?
I don't have time, man! There's a lot we have to study!
Unlike you guys...
We save lives!
You know what? Your bad breath can actually kill people.
She didn't die, guys! She didn't die! She's alive.
You're still standing in my way. What made you come here?
Of course, it must be something more serious than cavities.
You stole our routine today,
you'll steal our kidneys tomorrow. It's like there are no good doctors in this area.
What, man, you called goons for such a small thing?
Hi, baby doll! I was just telling them I wish I had flossed today to keep the dentist away
but, my bad luck.
Good for you. I just came to take my keys. I'm not interested in whatever this is.
Richa?
Hey, G.I. Joe!
Take her also along with you.
I've been trying to explain this for so long
Just like dead bodies for dissection, we're gonna get the stage first.
What will you do then? What will you tell the judges?
- They'll think you stole our routine... - What keeps going on with you?
"Our auditorium, our basketball court, our stage".
"We are doctors, we are superiors". Don't you feel dizzy?
You think world revolves around you, don't you?
I know you'll be treated like God when you get out of here.
But let's get to the basics.
What will you give the patients if the pharma guys give you medicines without research.
It's the nursing people that take care of patients after an operation.
Haven't you studied anatomy?
I know some organs are more important.
But if you don't put all the body parts together and they don't work in harmony
it does not make for a healthy body.
Everyone's important.
So you chill a little.
Okay
Balika Anandi Joshi gave a monologue, girls! Applaud her! Applaud her!
Put your hand together! She gave us a monologue!
I'll break your teeth!
Keep looking for a dentist then.
You'll be my dentist, won't you?
- Get lost! - Do you have anything to say, madam?
What Jo meant was that we'll win.
All right butterfly! 1 hour girls!
You have to work on your routine. One hour you guys have!
Frustrated girls! One hour! Let's see what you girls do on the stage.
Bitch took my ball!
Is there a way inside their hostel?
I'll get their sarees and we'll burn them.
Or we could do the same routine with the same clothes.
We can do the same thing better than them.
Zahira, this is our last chance to win against the medicals.
After our term ends this world, like the income tax department,
arranged marriage prospects will only prioritize them.
Attention girls!
Sorry, I just needed a little attention.
What's wrong with you, Milli? And what the hell are you wearing?
Ghagra Choli, of course! Which I've been wearing since I was a kid.
Since I was 5 years old.
Zahira, I have a very important question for you.
Who made the rule of a saree being the epilogy of grace?
Epitome.
Yeah, yeah. It's the same thing.
When I wear this Ghagra choli and dance to the tunes of Falguni Pathak
I'm the Gracy Singh of Vadodara! And you know what?
I'm comfortable in this and there are very low chances of me tripping.
I'm wearing this whether we win or lose.
Exactly! They don't wear sarees even in our state.
We wear Mekhela Chador
which is graceful and it doesn't matter if others don't agree, but for us, it is.
It's comfortable and it's Indian.
You know, I never thought I'd say this, but...
I'm half-impressed, Milli.
We have 17 minutes.
Have a shower, freshen up and meet me here in 17 minutes.
Go!
Come on!
And finally we got our new routine.
Our version of the graceful indian woman.
Milli was right, there shouldn't be a rule for girls
to have to wear only sarees and heels from freshers' to farewell
When we were done, we saw a tinge of victory in Zahira's eyes.
That was all we needed.
We are the only ones left, so come fast.
Now where will she go?
Jo, why don't you come along?
I'm not coming for the college fest. Aarav, drop her.
- Hi. - Hi, Aarav.
- Richa. - That's an interesting name, what does it mean?
Oh shit! What does it mean?
I never thought of it.
Who asks all this in the 1st meeting?
How random.
It's okay, please chill.
It's not an exam or an interview. A lot of people don't know it.
- Relax. - Nice bike.
What's the horsepower?
Are you really interested or is this an attempt at small talk?
- Oh shit! - Anyway, it's not horsepower, it's 220CC.
With 17.5 maximum torque, at around 7000 RPM.
Dad got me this after I cleared my medical entrance exams.
Anyway, everyone's left. Shall we go?
Yeah.
Come on
- Bye! - Come on, let's go.
Looking for a problem's solution together makes it easier to find.
And the other,
Jo's name is Anandi Joshi? What?!