Raised in a small village in rural India, young Lila dreams of following in her mother’s footsteps, a dancer dedicated to devotion to one of the Hindu gods in the local temple. Living on the fringes of society the two struggle to survive amidst a series of financial difficulties. But all could change when Lila agrees to pose as a model for a man from the village who wants to be a sculptor. Soon, she attracts the attention of the village landlord’s son, as well as the ever-present gaze of the villagers ,whose prejudice escalates to hatred and endanger both her life and her mother’s.