The film depicts the story of Pinki and Ghutaru, two children in rural India who receive corrective surgery for cleft lips.

Pinki Sonkar is a five-year-old girl who is living with a severe cleft lip in one of the poorest areas of India.

Not allowed to attend school at her native Rampur Dhabahi village in Mirzapur, near Varanasi,[3] and ostracised because of her deformity, Pinki lives a life of quiet desperation.

Memorial Hospital, by plastic surgeon Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh, who along with Pinki attended the 81st Academy Awards ceremony.

[4][5][6] In India the film generated national attention with a theatrical, media and community screening campaign to build public health awareness and support for clefts.