Sixteen-year-old Gouri embarks upon a deeply personal journey, choosing to leave behind a life that was forced upon her in search of a different future.

Set against a backdrop of Mumbai bustle, Pratyusha Gupta’s film school graduation project is a tender portrait of a young girl’s bid to escape the strictures of prescribed destiny. Sensitively directed, Journey proves an affecting three-handed study in urban loneliness and social prejudice.