Rhea Chakraborty as Anshika Patel, who loves Madhav but lets him go for Riya.Vikrant Massey as Shailesh Khanna, Madhav's colleague who is protective of him.A singer, she loves to enjoy her own company and sings at a bar in New York. Shraddha Kapoor as Riya Somani, a rich Delhi girl who comes from an entrepreneur background.Arjun Kapoor as Madhav Jha, a Bihari boy who hardly knows to speak English and ends up attracted towards Riya Somani.Riya tells her daughter never to give up. Riya explains she had lied to Madhav about being sick as his mother didn't want Riya, a divorcee to be with her son.Ī few years later, Madhav is seen talking to his mother about opening a new school, and Riya helps their daughter learn to play basketball, but she is unable to do it. They reconcile and consummate their relationship. In this video, Madhav sees a blurred picture of Riya singing in a cafe. On the last day, when he was attending his farewell party, he sees a video where Anshika, who had fallen in love with him, thanks him for being a part of her life. Madhav tries to find Riya for three months continuously, until his time runs out. Rutvi tries to set him up with Anshika, her friend. Shailesh and his wife Rutvi learn about the incident and try to deviate Madhav's attention from Riya. Unprepared, Madhav goes to New York to visit his friend Shailesh. Madhav recalls that she wanted to become a singer at a bar in New York. Madhav is seen going to Riya's house to deliver her belongings to her mother, who starts crying on learning about Riya's disease. She requests him not to search for her as she herself does not know where she will go. The letter says that Riya has been diagnosed with blood cancer and will die in three months. After the speech had ended, a small girl from the school hands a letter from Riya to Madhav. She, however, attends Madhav's speech, where he is successful in getting a grant from the Bill Gates Foundation. A few days before the speech, when Riya has to go back to Patna, Madhav's mother asks her to stay away from Madhav. She acts rudely after discovering that she is a divorcee. One day, he takes her to his house, where Madhav's mother asks her about her marriage. As Madhav needs to give a speech in English for Bill Gates, Riya helps him prepare for it. They hang out for some time, and Madhav learns that Riya has divorced because her husband and his mother tried to beat her. Madhav decides to apply for a grant, for which he goes to Chanakya hotel in Patna.Īfter the meeting, Madhav meets Riya, who is living in the hotel and works for Closeup. Madhav learns that Bill Gates is coming to Patna and will be funding grants to schools. Madhav tries to stop her but she leaves.Īfter completing college, Madhav goes back to his village where Madhav's mother runs a school where only boys study because there are no girls' toilets. Upset and hurt, a few days later, Riya tells Madhav that she is leaving college and getting married. Uncomfortable, Riya says that she is not his girlfriend, but they can maybe reach a compromise since they have reached halfway, and she offers to be his " Half Girlfriend." One afternoon after a game Madhav asks Riya if she would like to rest in his room in a boys only dorm, where (goaded by his peers and feeling humiliated by Riya's uncertainty) Madhav tries to force himself upon Riya. When Madhav attends Riya's birthday, he questions her about the nature of their relationship. Madhav picks her up from her house, and after spending the evening together, when she returns home, she kisses Madhav before entering her house. One night Madhav and Riya hang out together. Madhav's friends still encourage him to pursue Riya in the hopes that she will eventually date him. When Madhav tells his roommate Shailesh and friends about Riya, they push him to ask Riya out for a date, but she refuses and asks him just to be a friend. They become good friends and play basketball every evening. He gets accepted into St Stephen's College Delhi based on a sports quota where he meets Riya Somani, an upper-class young girl who is allowed temporary admission based on a sports quota. Madhav is a good basketball player who cannot speak English well.