Unlike most people, Melody cannot walk or talk, but she is smarter than most of the adults who try to diagnose her. Her classmates dismiss her as mentally challenged but Melody refuses to be defined by cerebral palsy.
根据真实故事改编，1990年8月，伊拉克对科威特发动侵略战争,萨达姆-侯赛因下令其军队悍然入侵科威特，意图将科威特变为伊拉克的第十九个省，17万印度侨民滞留科威特，一位旅居科威特多年的印度侨民兰吉特;挺身而出，带领17万印度侨民逃离危险的科威特。
