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A reflection on celluloid dreams, fathers and sons, and the cyclical universe presented as a portrait of the erstwhile Prabhat Studio through the reunion of some of its oldest workers.

Like an atom of forgiveness, the flag of Japan flutters in the wind. From little ants to the sun, moon and other wonders of the world, Japan represents hope for the future. A little Robot listening to music in the sea during a digital pilgrimage denotes the hard work and upgradation in technology that has made healing possible to the people after the war. The children of war are now grandmothers and they see spectacles of the same cycles repeated over and over again. Wh communication and expressions are tokens of digital technology, iPhones and robots have become integral part of lives, young or old as is nature. The grand daughters are living a lives in oblivion. Certain images stream through their level of consciousness and reality becomes an image juxtaposed on realism. Ah! And the grandmothers, meanwhile, the virtual moon drawn by a Chinese artist in the internet bridge the space between realism and surrealism. Eventually, grandmothers teach children how not to war. With poetry, Pasolini is still making a film on India and hunger. The film is a commentary about beauty of cry.

An awkward evening unfolds in a lower middle class Marathi household. On a mundane evening, a young man (who has come to India on a vacation from his job abroad) comes to meet his classical music teacher, only to discover that his Guru has lost all interest in life, has stopped taking food and has stopped speaking to people. His wife and their servant seem to have figured out their own ways to deal with this rather grim truth. The young man attempts to comprehend things but their everyday reality is perhaps too much for him to take.

Two passengers in an overnight bus journey confide in each other and share their story of a woman who affected their lives in different ways. As one story leads to the other, we realize that the same woman with her parrot is travelling in both the stories, yet emerging out as two different characters as portrayed by the two men.