Margarita With A Straw - Review

A Margarita to Move Your Heart

A sensitive and provocative movie that showcases the life of a person affected by cerebral palsy. Kalki Kochelin and Shonali Bose have worked wonders and the result was a movie which is nothing but a show stopper. Kalki plays the role of a Laila, a woman with big dreams and with bigger obstacles. She suffers from cerebral palsy, but does not allow it to define her. We see a free spirited girl, who is unabashed, does not hesitate to cuss, who wants to fall in love, explore her sexuality, compose music and travel the world. Laila does not allow her disabilities to fall in her her way of dreams. 

Laila falls in love with her bandmate only to be rejected. Laila's inability to handle the rejection drives her to move to New York City to start fresh. She meets Khanum, a visually challenged Bangladeshi Pakistani woman, who eventually becomes her lover. Laila is confused about her sexuality and is not hesitant to explore it. She has one time fling with her classmate, Jared, when she is in a relationship with Khanum. When Laila returns to India during her summer break, she discovers that her mother has last stage colon cancer and she passes away. She confesses to Khanum about her one time fling declaring that she didn't want to have any secrets between them. Towards the end Khanum forgives her and Laila decides to stay back. In the final scene, Laila is seen sipping a margarita with a straw toasting to herself.

This is, undoubtedly one of the strongest performances of the year. The movie portrays the unfiltered emotions of a girl suffering from cerebral palsy. It is merely an ordinary movie portrayed in an extraordinary manner with brutal honesty. The theme of the sexuality and sexual desires of a disabled person is an unexplored territory in Bollywood. In the cultural aspect, the addition of a visually challenged Bangladeshi Pakistani lover was a masterstroke. The movie ends on a beautiful note with the declaration that the imperfections of life should never matter and life is always full of beautiful surprises at every corner. At the end, it is always the little voice in your heart that always matters. Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder and the mirror shows your beauty at its best. 

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