[3] The film follows a street photographer Rafi (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), who tries to convince Miloni (Sanya Malhotra) to pose as his fiancee so that his grandmother stops pressuring him to get married.

[9][1] The plot revolves around a struggling street photographer Rafi, based in Mumbai, who works day and night to pay off an old family debt.

The website's critics consensus reads, "Photograph enriches the familiar arc of its love story by refreshingly refracting its characters' budding bond through a sociocultural prism.

"[17] Guy Lodge of Variety said that the film "has the same quiet streak of wistful sentimentality that made The Lunchbox so globally beloved — and, for that matter, the same softly-softly humanity found in his two subsequent English-language efforts.

"[18] Caryn James of The Hollywood Reporter called it a "nuanced, slow-burn, will-they-or-won't-they romance" and noted that Batra "turns a story that sounds tired and goofy into a lovely film with a tone of tender sadness.

"[21] Prahlad Srihari of Firstpost felt that the film "fails to replicate The Lunchbox's magic and called it a "slow-paced dramedy that can't quite transcend its clever setup.