is a landmark political drama directed by . Set against the backdrop of the Indian Emergency and the Naxalite movement of the 1970s, it explores the intersecting lives of three college friends whose ideologies and romantic tensions collide during a decade of radical social upheaval. Core Premise & Characters

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The film's title, borrowed from a famous Ghalib couplet, translates to "Thousands of desires such as these..." This captures the essence of the characters: young people driven by the "desire" to change the world. Siddharth is the firebrand revolutionary, Geeta is the woman caught between her heart and the movement, and Vikram is the pragmatic social climber.