Sixteen is a story about lost innocence and
teenage heartache in urban India In the times of
the Internet, Page 3 in newspapers and more
than 300 TV channels, innocence of the youth is
the first victim of overexposure.sophi is a carefree and ambitious girl who wants
to be a model.Nidhi is an innocent virgin and is
usually taunted by her peers for being so.Tanisha is mature for her age and likes
handsome guys with a good sense of humour
and intelligence. She lives with her aunt since her parents died in an accident.Saif belongs to a
middle-class family with a strict father who wants him to be an IAS Officer.Nidhi is going out with Kartik(boyfriend). Kartik wants to take things further but Nidhi wants to wait for the 'right time and the right place'.
Tanisha and Saif are best friends, but Saif has a crush on Tanisha, while she sees him only as a friend.
Sophi changes her boyfriends all the time.
A handsome and intelligent writer Nadeem
comes to live as a tenant at Tanisha's place, and
he immediately develops feelings for her due to
events in his past.One day, Saif confesses his feelings to
Tanisha. She politely denies him, and he is
devastated, and nearly commits suicide.On the same day, Saif's father finds porn on his
computer and beats him up. Saif retaliates,
hits his father with one of his achievement trophies, and his father dies. His mother falsely
confesses that she did it and takes the blame.
Saif runs away from his house, and the next
day, is confronted by a gang of young criminals,
who induct him into their gang. To make things more complicated,Even Tanisha's aunt develops feelings for Nadeem and reveals them to him,
Sophi comes to know that her parents are in an open marriage and is devastated, and
After a few days,
Nidhi suspects that she is pregnant.sophi goes to buy a pregnancy test kit for her and bumps into her ex-boyfriend, who asks her why she dumped
him.sophi humiliates him badly and leaves. Nidhi finds out that she is now pregnant with
Kartik's baby. They decide on abortion, but due
to some complications, Nidhi is shifted to another
hospital. She has to stay there for two days. Nidhi
lies to her mother about where she is.Meanwhile, Sophi comes to know that her ex-boyfriend has leaked an MMS depicting her in a
compromising position. She is rusticated from
her school for that.Tanisha finds out that Nadeem is leaving for London soon.
A female rival of Nidhi,sophi and Tanisha tells Nidhi's mother why she actually is in hospital. Her parents rush to the hospital and comfort her.
Saif's gang decides to rob a house whose
only occupant is an old man. While executing
their plan,saif is confronted, and is about to
kill the old man when he says that his son is an
IAS Officer. Saif breaks down and bursts into
tears.Sophi is about to commit suicide when her brother calls her and tells her that he is arriving
next weekend. On hearing this, she quits her
suicide attempt.Tanisha, sad that Nadeem is about to leave the next day, goes and sleeps in his room with him.
One year later, Nidhi is enrolled in an all-girls
school.
sophi has applied for the Miss India contest and her parents are supportive of her,
and she loves them.Nadeem has written a novel named 'Sixteen' which is nominated for the Booker Prize finals.
Sophi,Tanisha and Nidhi decided to go and meet saif in the juvenile correction home he was kept in.
Tanisha kisses saif on the cheek, indicating that she has started liking him.
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