Tahaan is an Indian drama film by Santosh Sivan. The film is based on the life of a young boy and his pet donkey. It is a fable-like journey of the eponymous eight-year-old boy, whose life revolves around the pursuit to find real purpose in his little world. The film stars Purav Bhandare as the young boy. Anupam Kher, Sarika, Rahul Bose, Rahul Khanna and Victor Banerjee form the rest of the cast.

Tahaan (Purav Bhandare) lives with his grandfather (Victor Banerjee), mother Haba (Sarika) and older sister Zoya (Sana Shaikh) in the Kashmir valley. The family lives with the ardent hope that the boy's father, who's been missing for over three years, will return home. The death of the grandfather pushes them into financial crisis. The local moneylender and his manager (Rahul Khanna) take away the family's assets including Tahaan's pet donkey, Birbal, in lieu of an unpaid loan. While the rest of the family seeks redemption from the crises, Tahaan is determined to bring Birbal back home.

After salvaging money using various means, Tahaan reaches the moneylender to reclaim Birbal. He is piqued to know that an old gentleman Subhan Darr (Anupam Kher) bought the donkey and went across the mountains. The irony being that his father went missing behind the same mountains. Gathering courage, Tahaan goes in search of the old man. Upon meeting him, Subhan does not befriend the boy easily. He slowly understands Tahaan's love for the donkey. It dawns upon the young boy that Subhan had given the donkey to his eight year old nephew. His household help Zafar (Rahul Bose) who is also not of any assistance to Tahaan.

On his way back home, Tahaan encounters Idrees, a teenager who discourages him that his efforts will not be sufficient to get Birbal back. Instead he suggests to do him a favor. Tahaan is asked to take a package across the mountains in his onward journey. Upon seeing his eagerness, Idrees hands him over a grenade and says that when the time is right, he will be told what needs to be done. What happens next forms the rest of the story.

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