History Film / MargaritaWithAStraw

* ButNotTooBlack: Laila, the lead, was played by Kalki Koechlin, a very fair-skinned French-Indian actress (born in India to French parents). As a result, she stands out glaringly from the Indian actors who play her parents, friends and love interest who have far darker looks.

* BittersweetEnding: Leila [[spoiler:loses Khanum because of her cheating, and her mother from cancer, and is forced to return to India, as her father was never thrilled with the idea of her studying abroad to begin with]]. However, she reconciled before this with her mother, and is shown happily in the countryside at the end.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Laila has quite a lot of sexual frustration as a result of being confined to a wheelchair, and thus engages in the occasional self-service.

* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Notably averted in the film, where Laila's struggles are much the same as any foreign college student away from home, just with cerebral palsy added to complicate things. When at a music competition her band is given the top prize over Leila being disabled and the judge tries to hold her up this way, she's disgusted, and flips the woman off.

* QueerRomance: Leila, an Indian college student with cerebral palsy, goes to New York City and falls in love with Khanum, a Pakistani-Bangladeshi young woman who is blind.

* TwoferTokenMinority: Laila is Indian, bisexual and uses a wheelchair due to her cerebral palsy. Khuman, her later girlfriend, is Pakistani-Bangladeshi, a lesbian and blind.

* ClosetKey: Khanum causes Laila to start questioning her sexuality. After consulting with some books, she decides that she is bisexual.

* HollywoodGenetics: Laila is played by an ethnic French actress born in India whose skin color is much lighter than the actors playing her parents and brother, along with their features being very distinct. Therefore they don't look related at all.

!Examples:

* TwoferTokenMinority: Laila is Indian, bisexual and uses a wheelchair due to her cerebral palsy. Khuman, her later girlfriend, is Pakistani-Bangladeshi, a lesbian and blind.

* TwoferTokenMinority: Laila is Indian, bisexual and uses a wheelchair due to her cerebral palsy. Khuman, her later girlfriend, is Pakistani-Bangladeshi, a lesbian and blind.
* YourCheatingHeart: After getting into a serious relationship with Khanum in New York City, Leila then has sex with Jared, her handsome college-assigned assistant. [[spoiler:She confesses the fact to Khanum later, who breaks up with her.]]

''Margarita with a Straw'' is a 2016 romance written and directed by Shonali Bose, and starring Kalki Koechlin, Revathi, Sayani Gupta, and Creator/WilliamMoseley.

* BittersweetEnding: Leila [[spoiler:loses Khanum because of her cheating, and her mother from cancer, and is forced to return to India, as her father was never thrilled with the idea of her studying abroad to begin with]]. However, she also reconciled before this with her mother, and is shown happily in the countryside at the end.

* BittersweetEnding: Leila [[spoiler:loses Khanum because of her cheating, and her mother from cancer]]. However, she also reconciled before this with her mother, and is shown happily in the countryside at the end.

* PoliceBrutality: Laila meets Khanum while at a protest over the death of a black man who NYPD officers shot which is alleged to result from this. The protest then shows examples itself as it gets unruly and the police heavy-handed. Laila mentions the Delhi Police where she's from are also like this.

* TheirFirstTime: Laila initially has sex from Khanum, in what's clearly her first time with anyone. In a second example, she has sex with Jared as her first time with a man.

* QueerRomance: Leila, an Indian college student with cerebral palsy, goes to New York City and falls in love with Khumar, a Pakistani-Bangladeshi young woman who is blind.

* BittersweetEnding: Leila [[spoiler:loses Khumar because of her cheating, and her mother from cancer]]. However, she also reconciled before this with her mother, and is shown happily in the countryside at the end.

* ComingOutStory: Laila realizes she's bisexual after falling in love with Khumar, and says she is to her mother. Her mother is unhappy with this initially, but they reconcile. Khumar, on the other hand, related that her parents were violently hostile to her being a lesbian, with her now being estranged from them.

* EatingTheEyeCandy: Laila can't help but look when Khumar is undressing beside her in the locker room before they swim, the first real indication we get that she's attracted to women.

* LikeGoesWithLike: Laila and Khumar are both disabled women from South Asia. It turns out they also have a mutual attraction (however this [[ClosetKey was a surprise]] for Laila), starting a relationship.
* LipstickLesbian: Khumar is a feminine woman who's revealed to be a lesbian.

* PoliceBrutality: Laila meets Khumar while at a protest over the death of a black man who NYPD officers shot which is alleged to result from this. The protest then shows examples itself as it gets unruly and the police heavy-handed. Laila mentions the Delhi Police where she's from are also like this.
* TheirFirstTime: Laila initially has sex from Khumar, in what's clearly her first time with anyone. In a second example, she has sex with Jared as her first time with a man.

* YourCheatingHeart: After getting into a serious relationship with Khumar in New York City, Leila then has sex with Jared, her handsome college-assigned assistant. [[spoiler:She confesses the fact to Khumar later, who breaks up with her.]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms'': Laila has quite a lot of sexual frustration as a result of being confined to a wheelchair, and thus engages in the occasional self-service.

* BiTheWay: Laila is initially attracted to a young man who is at her college. Then she finds Khanum, a woman, to be attractive as well and enters a relationship with her. She then comes out to her mother as bisexual. What this means is not clear to her mom at first.

Laila is a young Indian woman in Delhi with cerebral palsy. While she's going to Delhi University, she is close friends with Dhruv, who like her uses a wheelchair. She enjoys composing music and writing, though Laila is also interested in having a relationship with someone. Falling for the lead signer of a band she composes for, Laila is then heartbroken when he gently rejects her. She decides to attend New York University in the US on a scholarship, with her mother coming along to help her. When there, she's surprised to find herself falling for a Pakistani-Bangladeshi woman named Khanum, who is blind. However, as the pair enter a relationship, Laila knows that her parents will not approve of this...

* BiTheWay: Laila is initially attracted to a young man who is at her college. Then she finds Khanum, a woman, attractive as well and enters a relationship with her. She then comes out to her mother as bisexual. What this means is not clear to her mom at first.
* BittersweetEnding: Leila [[spoiler:loses Khumar because of her cheating, and her mother from cancer]]. However, she reconciled before this with her mother, and is shown happily in the countryside at the end.

* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Notably averted in the film, where Laila's struggles are much the same as any foreign college student away from home, just with cerebral palsy added to complicate things. When at a music competition her band is given the top prize over Leila being disabled and the judge tries to hold her up this way, she's disgusted, flipping the woman off afterward.

Laila is a young Indian woman in Delhi with cerebral palsy. While she's going to Delhi University, she is close friends with Dhruv, who like her uses a wheelchair. She enjoys composing music and writing, though Laila is also interesting in having a relationship with someone. Falling for the lead signer of a band she composes for, Laila is then heartbroken when he gently rejects her. She decides to attend New York University in the US on a scholarship, with her mother coming along to help her. When there, she's surprised to find herself falling for another South Asian woman named Khanum, who is blind. However, as the pair enter a relationship, Laila knows that her parents will not approve of this...

* BiTheWay: Laila is initially attracted to a young man who is at her college. Then she finds Khanum, a woman, attractive as well and enters a relationship with her. She then comes out to her mother as bisexual, but what this means isn't clear to her at first.

Laila is a young Indian woman in Delhi with cerebral palsy. While attending Delhi University, she is close friends with Dhruv, who like her uses a wheelchair. She enjoys composing music and writing, though Laila is also interesting in having a relationship with someone. Falling for the lead signer of a band she composes for, Laila is heartbroken when he gently rejects her. She decides to attend New York University in the US on a scholarship, with her mother coming along to help her. When there, she's surprised to find herself falling for another South Asian woman named Khanum, who is blind. However, as the pair enter a relationship, Laila knows that her parents won't approve.

* CultureClash: Laila at first thinks Jared is in a relationship with a woman he pecks on the cheek. He explains they're just friends, which threw her because Indians don't kiss friends

* HollywoodGenetics: Laila is played by an ethnic French actress born in India who's light-skinned, much more than the actors playing her parents and brother. Therefore, they don't look related at all.

* IllGirl: Laila has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair because she's unable to stand or walk on her own. However, it's downplayed because she's still quite active in spite of it.

* TheirFirstTime: Laila receives oral sex from Khumar, in what's clearly her first time with anyone. In a second example, she has intercourse with Jared as her first time with a man.
* TitleDrop: When in a bar, Laila decides on a "margarita... with a straw" as her drink.