Skater Girl opens on a joyous scene. A thin, shabbily attired girl, her face awash with laughter, races through narrow and wide streets, pulling behind her a happy little boy crouched on a rudimentary skateboard. The two squeal with delight as they whiz past houses, fields and people until they reach the gates of a school.

Then the mood changes. Prerna – that’s her name – stops to drop off the boy, her brother Ankush, and her smile fades as he enters while she remains outside. Clearly, she would like to study too, but we learn that her conservative, impoverished father wants her instead to do housework and supplement the family income. Circumstances soon compel him to send Prerna back to school. Around the same time, a half-Indian, London-based ad professional called Jessica arrives in their village, Khempur, having recently discovered that her roots lie in this place situated 45 km away from Udaipur.

Jessica and a friend end up introducing the children of Khempur to sophisticated skateboards. Skater Girl is about the magical effect of this turn of events on Prerna.