| Director | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Paco del Toro |
|---|---|
| Budget | ₹30 crore |
| Box office | ₹157.3 crore |
Minal, Falak, and Andrea are introduced to Rajveer, Raunak, and their mutual friend Vishwajyoti during a night out in New Delhi. After sharing drinks, the group heads to a resort, but the night ends abruptly when the men rush to a hospital to treat Rajveer for a severe, bleeding head wound. Concurrently, the three women return to their shared apartment deeply shaken, hinting at their involvement in the incident. Though they attempt to move on, they are quickly subjected to targeted harassment. Rajveer’s friend, Ankit, threatens their landlord and launches a sexually explicit smear campaign against them online, which ultimately costs Falak her job. When the women attempt to seek legal recourse, local police discourage them, protective of the men's political ties to Rajveer's influential uncle, Ranjit. Undeterred, Minal escalates the issue with the help of her boss and successfully files a formal complaint with a higher-ranking officer.
In retaliation, Rajveer's friends abduct Minal during her morning run. The incident is witnessed by Deepak, an enigmatic elderly neighbor who is unable to intervene in time. The men molest, blackmail, and traumatize Minal inside a moving car before dumping her back home. Days later, the situation worsens when Minal is arrested on attempted murder charges after Rajveer files a counter-complaint painting the three women as sex workers. Distraught by the systemic injustice, Falak and Andrea seek counsel from Deepak, discovering that he is actually a highly reputable, retired criminal defense attorney. Driven by his conscience, Deepak handles the bail procedures and steps out of retirement to represent Minal in court.
In the courtroom, prosecuting attorney Prashant Mehra orchestrates a character assassination against the women. He claims they willingly accompanied the men to the resort, initiated intimacy, and demanded money. Prashant argues that when Rajveer refused to pay for their services, an enraged Minal struck him with a bottle. To sway the court, he systematically attacks their morals, highlighting that Minal chooses to live independently away from her Delhi-based family, drinks alcohol, and stays out late. Conversely, Deepak presents the defense's timeline: the men deliberately isolated the women at the resort, and when Rajveer attempted to rape Minal, she struck him with a bottle in absolute self-defense.
Deepak shifts the trial's focus entirely to the fundamental issue of consent. During a tense cross-examination, Deepak deliberately provokes Rajveer, causing the young man to lose his temper and expose his true colors. Rajveer aggressively insults the women, shouting that they "got what they deserved" simply for choosing to drink and socialize with men. Capitalizing on this outburst, Deepak delivers a powerful closing argument criticizing society's regressive double standards, where independent women are automatically deemed characterless for their lifestyle choices while men are excused for predatory behavior. He firmly establishes that when a woman says "no," it is an absolute boundary that requires no further explanation or validation.
Ultimately, Minal, Falak, and Andrea are fully acquitted of all charges. Rajveer, Ankit, and Raunak are arrested and held for sentencing, while Vishwajyoti is let off with a strict warning. An end-credits sequence confirms the absolute truth of Minal's account, showing the terrifying moment Rajveer tried to force himself on her and her subsequent act of self-defense.