Rajani is a well-known prostitute in a small town in Bengal, India, living in a brothel with her teenage daughter, Lati. With few options for a better life, Rajani hopes to arrange a marriage for her daughter with a wealthy local businessman - an idea Lati opposes. Choosing a life of unpredictability and the possibility of education over the known fate of arranged marriage, Lati takes off for Calcutta, encountering several quirky characters along the way.

Mrs. Iyer and her infant son are traveling to Kolkata with the help of photographer Rajah. When religious tensions flare up and the bus travelers become stranded under martial law, she makes a choice to save him that entwines their lives.

Govind is a die-hard fan of director Ganesh Sen, known for making realistic films about the tyranny faced by common people. Kanai Bhaiya and Manju want Beena to marry Govind. But Govind takes the messages in Ganesh Sen’s films so seriously that he ends up almost ruining his own life.