Impressed by the narration, Padukone confirmed that she had a part in the film. In December 2019, Padukone went to the office of Dharma Productions and met Batra, where a script discussion about the film was held for a few minutes. During the 21st edition of the MAMI film festival in October 2019, Batra was reported to direct Deepika Padukone in the lead, labelling the film's genre as domestic noir. In April 2019, Shakun Batra was reported to direct the biopic on Osho, which was shelved. Alisha stares blankly at the woman, realising that she can't escape the past without confronting it. Karan introduces them to his fiancée's grandmother who recognises Alisha instantly after she and Zain had helped her and her husband from a stranded boat. Tia, who is still unaware of everything that happened between Zain and Alisha, agrees to mend their relationship. Tia wonders if revealing the truth was right but Alisha reassures her it was. Two years later, Alisha now has a better relationship with her father and attends Karan's engagement party, where she meets Tia. She questions why he never told her the truth about her mother but he says he did not want her mother's life to be defined by one mistake. In not wanting to feel suffocated like her mother, Alisha realises she has ended up exactly like her. Depressed, Alisha attempts to commit suicide but is interrupted by her father. Tia reveals to Alisha that her father had an affair with Alisha's mother and has left the Alibaug Beach House in Alisha's name. Alisha does so and Jitesh covers up Zain's death as a suicide. Jitesh who knew about Zain's plan threatens Alisha to get him the signed papers or he will tell everyone the truth.
Tia calls the police and they find Zain's body. A frightened Alisha rushes back home, where she has a miscarriage. Zain sees Tia's incoming call on Alisha's phone and asks her to decline when she refuses, he attempts to push her overboard but slips and drowns. Horrified, she tells Zain she wants to get back to land. Alisha sees him mixing pills in her drink. Zain calls Alisha to his yacht and lies that he ended things with Tia. An angry Alisha gives Zain an ultimatum to reveal the truth to Tia or she will.
Karan tells Alisha that Tia is helping Zain with his company and both are in Alibaug. When he shows her, she feels guilty and signs the papers. At Alibaug, Tia accuses him of having an affair and asks to see his phone. Tia agrees to mortgage the Alibaug Beach House to save the company but Zain sells it instead, convinced he can buy it back in a year. Zain's business partner Jitesh deduces the truth about Zain and Alisha. Alisha's yoga studio is sealed by officers and she confronts Zain. After Tia finds Alisha's anxiety pills in Zain's jacket, he appeases her by saying he is stressed from work. Zain's company is placed under investigation when one of his investors is caught for money laundering. Zain's company again invests in Alisha's app and provides her with a new yoga studio.Īt Zain and Tia's anniversary party, Alisha reveals to Zain that she is pregnant. Zain tells her he will end things with Tia after he returns Tia's investment and they continue their affair. After finding out Karan failed to tell her that his book has been rejected, Alisha ends their engagement. She decides to end things with Zain to focus on her new life. During Alisha's birthday party, Karan proposes to her, and she accepts. He reveals to Alisha that his father was violent toward him and his mother, which encouraged his move to America. Zain gets his business to invest in Alisha's app.
She allows Zain back in and they begin an affair. Alisha learns that Karan has allowed Tia to read his draft and feels hurt as she had been asking to read his draft for a long time. After the trip Alisha kisses him, regretting it after. Zain and Alisha quickly bond due to their traumatic past and begin to flirt with each other. Alisha's paternal cousin, Tia, is newly engaged to Zain and invites the couple to their Alibaug beach house. She also suffers from anxiety after dealing with her mother's suicide as a child, and is estranged from her father. Alisha, a 30-year-old yoga instructor, is working on an app and is struggling to find investors while providing for her unemployed writer boyfriend, Karan with whom she feels suffocated.