Akira Sharma is a little girl in a small town who lives happily with her father and mother. One day, she witnesses a crime involving a group of unruly men ruthlessly throwing acid on a young woman’s face. Akira helps police to catch the criminal, but the accomplices of the criminal swear vengeance. Akira’s father realizes the importance of self defense and enrolls her in a self defense class. One day on her way to home, Akira notices gang members who scared her tease another girl. She beats them up, but one of them takes out a bottle of acid to throw acid on Akira. When it backfires on him, Akira is accused of throwing acid on his face and is sent to juvenile jail.

Fourteen years later, Akira has grown into a brave and headstrong young woman, but her father has died. Akira and her mom move in with her brother, who she hates because he left them to marry. Akira joins Holy Cross College and lives in a hostel, as her mom decides to stay back with her brother, while taking care of his child. A couple of students try to bully her but end up learning the hard way to not mess with her. One night, an inspector runs into one of the college professors with his car and beats him up because the professor is upset about the policeman’s behaviour. The college students reach out to the commissioner with the aid of a strike. The police brutally beats them up and tries to move all of the students away; only Akira remains. She hands over the signed petition sheet and the information to the commissioner when he arrives.

Year of release: 2016
Duration : 137 min
Available as : original
IMDB rating : 5.9