Dream is a story of a lonely woman who has lost her husband , she is an avid reader of fictional books. She sometimes gets so engrossed with the stories that she imagines the story characters in her life . One night it so happens that Ketan a character from a book comes in her dreams and she starts imagining him . They have a good chat and make love . But suddenly the bell rings and she finds ketan missing from the bed. Soon the doorbell rings , to her great surprise she finds Ketan standing right in front of her . everything in her dream becomes a reality . So what is it ? Is it a fictional imagination or is it reality.

On the eve of Independence, the chairman of the Border Commission, Sir Cyril Radcliffe decides to divide India and Pakistan into equitable halves. What the administration doesn’t account for is the line running through the middle of Begum Jaan’s brothel situated plonk on the border; with one half falling in India and the other in Pakistan.