The directorial debut for Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah is an ensemble drama that weaves together the threads of four disparate tales. The lives of four characters from very different backgrounds - besotted new bride Tilottima (Konkona Sen), drug-snorting stockbroker Salim (Irfaan Khan), poverty-stricken but brilliant student Rahul (Ankur Khanna) and Rajubhai (Paresh Rawal), whose true love is stuck in a marriage to a drunken and abusive husband - become inextricably linked through a tragedy that affects them all.