The movie is about a poet and singer Lalon Fakir who belongs to a cult called baul and who believes and inculcates that the value of a human being is above the narrow belief of religions.

Based on the timeless literary work by Manik Bandyopadhyay, Padma Nadir Majhi was directed by Gautam Ghosh. The movie illustrates the tumultuous lives of the fishermen and their families, living by the river Padma. Beautiful shots of the river, Ghosh's flair for realism and brilliant display of acting skills by noted actors of Bangladesh and West Bengal, including Utpal Dutt, Robi Ghosh, Abul Khayer, Raisul Islam Asad, Champa, and Rupa Ganguli, fetched the movie local and international honours.

Set in the '90s in suburbs of Bangladesh and West Bengal, a love story developed between two young souls against the backdrop of communal riots.

After the partition of India in 1947, Shashikanta's family, like millions of other Hindu families of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), faced the dilemma of whether to migrate from the land in which they have been living for centuries. But Shashikanta Sengupta, an eccentric lawyer, stubbornly refuses to leave his motherland. Widower Shashikanta has two children, Minoti and Bidyut. Anuprava Devi is an affectionate old aunt who lives with the family. The family has a house in Narail, a small provincial town on the bank of the Chitra river. Some Muslim neighbors eye Shashaikanta's house. But the family refuse to migrate. Shashikanta's children Minoti and Bidyut are friends with the neighboring Muslim children- Badal, Salma and Nazma. Minoti and Badal become more than friends. The children grow up.

A discovery of a mirror creates much chaos and confusions within the superstitious populace of a village.

In this tragic-comic study of religious hypocrisy, a disreputable cleric convinces villagers that their community is home to a famous holyman's grave.

An apparently passive young man comes to Dhaka from a rural area looking for a job and a better life.

Khorshed chairman is an honest person and rules in favor of justice. Alamin is his dearest assistant who lives with his mother at Khorshe'd house. Alamin and Khorshed's daughter are in love. When Alamin's mother gets to know about this she wants to send her son away. Khorshed denies to leave Alamin but upon knowing about the relationship, he himself sends Alamin abroad. But tragedy follows Khorshed when he gets accused of murder. Some unexpected events start to unfold since then.

A lonely 11-year-old befriends two street children after running away from his neglectful parents.

At the heart of the story are Shojon and Duli, two adolescents from different religious backgrounds. They grow up together as childhood companions and close friends. However, their tender relationship eventually turns into one of separation and sorrow. Conflict erupts in the village, and its tragic consequences fall heavily upon Shojon and Duli.