In Calcutta on the flip of the century, two households (one wealthier than the opposite however each belonging to the identical caste) stay in adjoining properties. Their respective patriarchs fall out over the reimbursement of a mortgage and the intervention of a member of a decrease caste within the households' monetary preparations. The rift causes a lot heartache to the youthful members of the households, two of whom have secretly plighted their troth to one another.