When Vivek turns 17, he is shipped off to a preparatory school for a notoriously competitive entrance exam. Over two years, he goes through the motions of adolescence, but it is his parents who do the growing up.

Acclaimed writer and lyricist Varun Grover transports us to 1990s India with his brilliant directorial debut, which dissects the toll of parental pressure on teenagers. Told with tenderness and wit, the ups and downs of youth mirror a nation’s changing identity, and the birth of a new middle class.