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Based on a true story. A homeless vagrant is lured by a seemingly kind couple, who offer him money and liquor in exchange for small tasks. As they gradually manipulate him with vague promises, a darker motive begins to emerge. A tense, unsettling character study, set on the streets of Kolkata.
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After an old college friend offers him a job at an iron foundry, the upright and honest Ishwar leaves a shanty town on the outskirts of Calcutta where he lives with a group of refugees from East Bengal. With plans to forge a solid living for himself, sister Sita and Abhiram, an orphaned boy he offers a home to, Ishwar is accused of selling out and deserting his people.