Acclaimed director Bimal Roy’s debut function a couple of struggling author established him as an vital Bollywood voice via its lifelike portrayal of the simmering class conflicts in pre-independence India. Anup (Radhamohan Bhattacharya) loses his job writing speeches for a rich industrialist and decides to concentrate on ending his novel. However when his former boss steals Anup’s unpublished ebook, he throws himself into socialist politics.
