Aesthetics

Calcutta 1967, a period of revolution and poetry.
Charulata Dutta dreams to be a scholar, even if it implies going against her conservative family. Despite being the first graduate in the history of Dutta women, she soon finds herself trapped in a web of loneliness and desolation. In her perfect world of Victorian literature and Elizabethan plays, her less than perfect family poses a constant threat to her freedom. Until she receives an envelope full of jasmine flowers. As time flies, she bares her emotions completely to her anonymous friend, whom she writes anonymous letters. While her family prepares for her marriage, she finds herself deep in love with this anonymous correspondent.
Nilotpol Shome has a myriad variety of mismatched degrees and interests. Despite being a soon to graduate medical student, his quill never hesitates to voice his radical ideas. When an unexpected turn of events coerces him to seek help from a loner english major, he could never speculate that she would be the woman who could tame his wild heart. However, she is in love with another, presumably her fiancé. In the congested Calcutta streets, they both strive to prevent their heart from shattering into splinters.
As Calcutta journeys through post-independence struggle and budding Communism, the City of Joy stands witness to a tale of unexpected friendships, love and loss that blooms in it's streets. After all, youth turns everyone into a rebel and a poet.