Set in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, the film deals with the plight of a North Indian Muslim family, in the period post partition of India in 1947, as the film's protagonist, deals with the dilemma of whether to move to Pakistan or stay back.
Set in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, the film deals with the plight of a North Indian Muslim family, in the period post partition of India in 1947. In the grim months, after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, film's protagonist and patriarch of the family Salim Mirza, deals with the dilemma of whether to move to Pakistan as many of his relatives or stay back.