Milan Talkies is set in a small town of Uttar Pradesh in the year span of 2010- 2013 where single screen theatres were still prominent and loved. It portrays a love story between an aspiring film director, Annu, and a young girl, Maithali, who belongs to a strict Panda (priest) family. Due to social prejudice they are unable to communicate easily, hence films become a means to unite them.