After Deepak Chander celebrates his coming-of-age birthday in a bar, his mother Lakshmi warns him about the consequences of drinking alcohol. She tells him the story of his wealthy Bombay-based father, Kailash, who lost everything when the cotton market crashed. Their house was seized, and they had to relocate to Hyderabad to live with their servant, Shyamu. Kailash himself disappeared from their lives and was on the run from the law. The question remains: will this knowledge keep Deepak from drinking, or will he follow in his father’s footsteps?