***SPOILERS ALERT!!*** Laila is a teenager with cerebral palsy, studying at Delhi University. She is an aspiring writer and also composes music for an indie band at the university. Laila develops feelings for the lead singer, but is heartbroken when she is rejected. Moving on from the experience, Laila is overjoyed to receive a scholarship for a semester's study at New York University. Despite her father's reservations, she moves to Greenwich Village, Manhattan with her ortho... (Full plot summary below)
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***SPOILERS ALERT!!*** Laila is a teenager with cerebral palsy, studying at Delhi University. She is an aspiring writer and also composes music for an indie band at the university. Laila develops feelings for the lead singer, but is heartbroken when she is rejected. Moving on from the experience, Laila is overjoyed to receive a scholarship for a semester's study at New York University. Despite her father's reservations, she moves to Greenwich Village, Manhattan with her orthodox Maharashtrian mother Shubhangini. Laila meets an attractive young man named Jared, who is assigned to help her in the creative writing class. She also meets a young activist, Khanum (Gupta), a blind girl of Pakistani-Bangladeshi descent, with whom she falls in love. Laila is enamored by Khanum's fiercely independent personality and her positive perspective towards her own disability. The two spend most of their time together, filling in as each other's caregivers. Laila becomes confused about her sexual orientation, as she is attracted to men-Jared in particular-while being in a serious relationship with Khanum. She has sex with Jared, only to regret it immediately. Laila does not tell Khanum about this encounter. Oblivious to her daughter's relationship with Khanum, Laila's mother invites Khanum to Delhi to spend the winter vacation with Laila's family. Laila ultimately finds the courage to tell her mother about her sexuality and her relationship with Khanum, both of which her mother strongly disapproves of. Laila also confesses to Khanum that she had sex with Jared and asks for her forgiveness. Feeling betrayed by Laila, Khanum breaks up with her and leaves for New York. Laila's mother is diagnosed with advanced colon cancer which has relapsed after previous treatments. Laila and her mother move past their differences while Laila tends to her mother at the hospital. The two eventually reconcile shortly before Shubhangini's death. Laila plays a recorded speech at her mother's funeral telling how much she loved her and how she was the only one who ever understood her. Laila is later seen enjoying a day in the country by herself.
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| International Business TimesPrarthna SarkarMargarita is not your usual drink. It's bitter than what's served customarily yet soothes your innards once down the throat. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA touching Indian film about yearning and the spiritual transformations that come in its wake. |
| Hindustan TimesAnupama ChopraIn Margarita with a Straw, writer-director Shonali Bose and actor Kalki Koechlin give us a woman we have never seen in our cinema before. |
| FilmfareDevesh SharmaMargarita With A Straw is a film with its heart in the right place. However, it tries to be too many things at once, which results in its undoing. |
| Scroll.inNandini RamnathLaila is a compelling heroine and is winningly performed by Koechlin with solid backing from Gupta and Revathy. |
| Butaca AnchaMariana FernándezMargarita with Straw is a remarkable personal odissey in which physical limitations don't put a stop on the path of self-discovery about sex, family, and life itself. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| Mumbai MirrorRahul DesaiIt's Miss Koechlin's impassioned portrayal of the afflicted girl that -- despite a corny film-school cliche climax -- gives this film a beating heart. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonOpen, frank, funny romantic dramedy about a young Indian woman living with cerebral palsy. A perfect antidote to the disability pity porn of Me Before You. |
| GuardianAndrew PulverMargarita, With a Straw is a sturdily conceived, emotionally direct drama. |
| ReutersShilpa JamkhandikarDespite the heartfelt performances, especially by Revathy (who plays Laila's feisty mother), the film strikes many a false note. |
