As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.

Shavala is a smart, urbane young anthropologist who seeks the help of an acquaintance, Sandesh, a young Fine Arts student to work as her guide while researching the sexual customs of the Pari Tribe in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra in India. Her beautiful, almost bewitching journey to this secluded ancient village 'Pareni Tree' becomes a journey of horror as she is unwittingly trapped in a sexual encounter with far reaching repercussions. The film questions our deep rooted sexual emotions, customs and practices and their expression in today's age of hyper technology and pornography.

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.

A team of rag-tag girls with their own agenda form Team India competing for international fame in field hockey. Their coach, the ex-men's Indian National team captain, returns from a life of shame after being unjustly accused of match fixing in his last match. Can he give the girls the motivation required to win, while dealing with the shadows of his own past?