Deshbandhu colony, a settlement of refugees from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) on the fringe of Calcutta, has a lot going on.

In the evening market, two thieves swoop on Ananya's long plait and chop it away. Atin, the dreamy poet and Ananya’s secret admirer, is worried not to find her anywhere the next day. He seems oblivious of the fact that his home is facing demolition. Meanwhile, their friends make preparations for the coming spring festival.

The two poachers of Ananya's plait want to sell it to raise money for a computer course. They constitute the absurd sub-plot – desperately seeking education.

Five boys on a roadside perch and two old men at the local grocer's sit and observe the goings on.

As Atin, along with his only friend Dipankar, sets out in search of Ananya, the story travels from the refugee colony of the day to the neon districts of the night. Somewhere along the path, Dipankar tells Atin about Ananya's family buying an apartment in the new building that is about to raze their colony tenements to the ground.

By daybreak, they are on the ghostly eastern fringes of the new Calcutta. Draped in the unreal fog stands Mr. Paul, the visionary land shark, whose demolition team is warming up for action at Deshbandhu colony. As his house gets destroyed in the small hours of the morning, Atin comes and greets Mr. Paul…

The directors will be present for an interaction post screening.