Sen Gupta, a doctor who only treats upper-class patients, is forced to confront his own moral and medical beliefs as he discovers rural India during an unexpected stop at a village. He finds a breathless man lying on the side of the road. With little sympathy, the doctor sends him back to his own village for treatment. When Dr. Gupta discovers that the villages wants a witch doctor to treat the man, he attends the exorcism and is shocked. A transformation of the cold city man then follows.
When a wealthy patriarch falls ill on his 70th birthday, three of his sons rush in from Calcutta, leading to a reunion filled with painful ironies and lingering disillusionment. As the family—including an addled fourth son (Soumitra Chatterjee) who lives with the old man—watches and waits, the static occasion brings out simmering tensions in their family dynamics, from the father’s moral rectitude to the business ambition of two sons and the withdrawal of their siblings.
Pikoo's grandfather
A day in the life of a six-year-old child in Calcutta, who lives shut up in the family home, insulated from the city by a park. The father is away at work. The grandfather is alone in his room, ill and confined to his bed. The mother receives her lover.
Goenka
Este trabalho foi feito para documentar a depressão da juventude educada da classe média se na Índia moderna. O advogado, Somnath, falhar inúmeras vezes para obter um emprego, e finalmente consegue um emprego como um meio-homem, uma pessoa com a tarefa de fornecer ordens em troca de uma comissão criada. O papel da Somnath foi interpretado pelo ator Pradip Mukherjee.
Sanyal
A história de Siddharta, um jovem de classe média envolvido nas turbulências sociais. Corrupção e desemprego dominam a cidade e Siddhartha não consegue se identificar com seu irmão revolucionário nem com sua irmã, preocupada com a carreira e a ascensão social.
