Laal Singh Chaddha, a simple man whose extraordinary journey will fill you with love, warmth, happiness and will also make you laugh.
Plot
Laal was named after his ancestors, and his mother had high expectations for him. His legs were weak, but his mother never let his spirits get shaky. She always told him that he was no different from others. She told him to not believe anyone who tells him that he is not capable of doing stuff on his own. The only person who treated Laal like an equal was a girl named Rupa D’souza. Both the kids hung out together after school, and Rupa often didn’t want to go back to her home. Laal was always subjected to a lot of bullying. Boys often picked on him and mocked him. One day, a group of fellow students started pelting stones at Laal when he was going back home. Rupa was with him, and she told him to run and save himself from those boys. Laal started hobbling with his leg braces on. Slowly, the nuts and bolts of the braces started loosening. The metal started clunking and finally the braces broke into pieces. Laal realized that he could run. From that day onwards, wherever Laal had to go, he used to run and make it there.
One day, Rupa didn’t come to school, and Laal went to visit her. He found Rupa sitting outside her house sobbing. Her mother was being subjected to domestic abuse. It happened quite often, but still, Rupa could never get used to that traumatizing sight and the voice of her mother asking her father to show some mercy. And how could she? She lived in a state of constant fear. She prayed to her God to make her rich, so that one day she could make the violence stop and give her father all the money he needed. But that day, it went a bit too far. The mother met her fateful end, and the father was taken in by the police. Rupa was sent to live with her grandmother, who used to work at Laal’s house. Laal was happy, because now Rupa was with him always. Laal’s mother sent him and Rupa to Hindu College in Delhi to pursue their graduation. In the university Laal took part in all the track events, whereas Rupa started taking part in modeling competitions. She realized that if she became a model or an actress, she could earn a lot of money. She started fueling the dream of going to Mumbai and earning a lot of money. Laal’s mother had a unique way of sheltering her only child from the vices of the world. Whenever the country was burning with hate, she told him that malaria had spread and that he was only safe if he stayed inside his room.
