When he heard about one of his friends being affected by an act of violence at one of India’s premier academic institutions, Abhay Kumar was both angry and curious to know more. Kumar wanted to investigate.

Landing up at the college, he began talking to students he met there. And soon, he was struck by an idea for his next film. He initiated what he calls a social experiment — surviving incognito inside a top institute’s campus and filming four students through the year to find out about their lives.