[4] Starring Suraj Sharma, Iqbal Theba and Shweta Tripathi in the lead roles, it is a story about a young film school student from middle-class India who is forced to drop out to support his family while staying in the United States as an undocumented worker.

[7][8][9] The movie starts with Hassan (Suraj Sharma) recording farewell messages from his family - (Adil Hussain), (Neelima Azeem) and friends using his video camera.

Soon after, Hassan heads to America in order to study at one of the top universities so that he can eventually become a director and whilst there he will stay with his mother's brother and their family.

Whilst settling in, he overhears Maamijaan questioning Mamujaan on how Hassan's father was able to afford such an expensive college and insists that he make alternative arrangements as their house is too small and their financial situation is so bad that they would not be able to accommodate another person for free.

Whilst outside, Mamujaan proceeds to question Hassan about his schooling to which he explains that he took a loan and will pay it back by getting a job as his father is sickly and cannot manage such a huge debt.

He eventually lands in front of an Indian restaurant called "New Delhi Cafe" owned by Khan (Jay Ali).

Owing to his current circumstance, he agrees but does not reveal the truth about his job to his parents since they already dislike Mamujaan for not accommodating him as per their initial agreement.

At the same time, Hassan films the workers at the restaurant (besides Gustavo due to his arrogant ways) and begins to form a close relationship with Babaji.

Tragedy strikes when Hassan receives a call from Mahi who mentions that their father collapsed and requires an emergency operation which the family cannot afford.

As Hassan narrates the final scene, he sees another student enter the restaurant which reminds him of his past and he realizes the vicious cycle immigrants are forced into.

In the post credits scene, Hassan's recordings are shown from when he first started at Cafe New Delhi with each co-worker sharing their story about how they ended up working in the restaurant.

Gillian Gaar of Book and film globe wrote: "It’s a sympathetic portrayal of people who came to America in search of a better life, only to have things go horribly wrong because of the vagaries of fate.