A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low-caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
When the dreamy high school star quarterback crashes (literally) into her life, a precocious high school cheerleader's dream of escaping her small town and earning a coveted dance scholarship to CalArts is thrown into question.