Rituparno Ghosh won much of the critical acclaim with his 'Choker Bali', the film that brought entirely new facet of Aishwarya Rai's histrionics to the fore. No wonder the director chose to cast this blue-eyed beauty in his maiden foray into Hindi films as well.

Sharing screen with Ash is Ajay Devgan who play her estranged lover.

'Raincoat' is a film about two people who come from the same village in the backwoods of Bihar - a young man, Manoj (Ajay Devgan) and a woman, Niru (Aishwarya Rai).

Two people joined by love, but separated by circumstance. Star crossed in a way, but not in the way that the phrase usually implies.

The story begins with Manoj leaving his mother to travel to Kolkata in search of finance. The city holds a different platform of hope and opportunity for him. A hope to rejuvenate him, to lift him out of his financial crises and an opportunity to meet his beloved (Niru), who is no longer his.

On a rainy day in Kolkata, equipped with his friend's old raincoat, Manoj sets out to visit his old love.

Told in flashbacks and smooth transitions between past and present, 'Raincoat' is a story of the love between two people that endures despite circumstances, separation and hopelessness.

Narrated against the backdrop of a rainy afternoon, the Raincoat literally becomes instrumental in bringing out the love Niru and Manoj have nurtured within their hearts for each other since childhood.

The entire script of the film was written by Rituparno in Bengali who took famous theatre personality Usha Ganguly's assistance to convert it to Hindi.

Actress Mouli Ganguly stars opposite Sameer Dharmadhikari in this film. Sameer has a special appearance in the film.