Murphy "Barfi" Johnson (Ranbir Kapoor) murume anofara, anofamba mumugwagwa, murume wechidiki anofarira uyo akazvarwa matsi uye mbeveve kune vaviri veNepal muDarjeeling. Amai vake vakafa paakanga ari mucheche uye baba vake vakamurera vari voga vachishanda semutyairi. Barfi anozivikanwa semunhu anokonzeresa matambudziko <unk> anocheka marambi, anotamba majee anoshanda pavanhu vasina mhosva, uye anodzingwa naSudhanshu Dutta (Saurabh Shukla), mupurisa wemuno. Barfi anosangana naShruti Ghosh (Ileana D'Cruz), musikana akanaka uye akadzidza, uyo achangosvika muDarjeeling; iye akabatanidzwa naRanjeet Sengupta (Jhu Sengupta) uye anofanirwa kuroora mumwedzi mitatu, uye Barfi anobva angorohwa nekuremara kwaShruti, uye baba vake vanomurera, uye anozopedzisira ave murudo naye.
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