Shadow and shine

Leena, a confident and fiercely independent girl, lives a modest but fulfilling life with her adoptive family. Everything changes the day she is taken away without warning — no goodbyes, no explanations. Silenced by the shock, she finds herself alone in a Chennai hotel while her biological mother, a stranger until now, makes secret preparations to take her abroad.



With no contact from her loved ones and a passport arranged behind her back, Leena’s world is turned upside down. She is flown to America, where her biological mother — who once believed Leena was dead — awaits her. As Leena meets her maternal grandparents and learns painful truths about her real parents' divorce and abandonment, she struggles to find meaning in a new life she never asked for.



In silence, Leena burns with questions, grief, and strength — facing a world that changed without her consent.