Dashrath (segment 'Geeli Pucchi')
An anthology of four stories that explore the surprising ways in which unexpected catalysts inflame the uncomfortable emotions simmering under fractured relationships.
Santram
A group of people from government arrives to promote the new identification cards. Parsua becomes the first who has the card that everyone is reluctant to have, and becomes a star. One day, Parsua receives a divination sign that his wife will die due to the serial number.
Tailor
A young widow is hired as the domestic helper for a wealthy architect, but social divides come to the fore as an unlikely attraction grows between them.
Street food vendor
In Bombay's seedy-shiny film world, Manto and his stories are widely read and accepted. But as sectarian violence engulfs the nation, Manto makes the difficult choice of leaving his beloved Bombay. In Lahore, he finds himself bereft of friends and unable to find takers for his writings.
Security Guard
Charu and her friends share a rented apartment in a sky-rise in Mumbai. All in their mid-twenties, and each hailing from different parts of the country, they have come here to make this bustling metro their home. One day a labourer comes to paint a soiled wall at her house. Irritated that her flat-mate did not inform her, she asks the man to hurry up. A few minutes later, she finds him unconscious on the floor...
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.
