Dear Maya (2017): Cast & Plot

From the opening, the film follows two teenage girls, Anna and Ira, as they study at a Catholic convent in Shimla, their days split between classroom routines, romance novels, and the thrill of sleepovers. They are drawn to their enigmatic neighbor, Maya Devi, a striking woman who lives alone in a large house with her two dogs and barely steps outside. Anna’s mother explains Maya’s backstory: she lost her father early and lived with her chacha and mother, only to have her chacha repeatedly block suitors in order to keep the family estate intact. After his death, Maya’s life grows lonely and constricted, a beauty whose radiant glow seems trapped behind the walls of her home.