When a wealthy patriarch falls ill on his 70th birthday, three of his sons rush in from Calcutta, leading to a reunion filled with painful ironies and lingering disillusionment. As the familyâ??including an addled fourth son (Soumitra Chatterjee) who lives with the old manâ??watches and waits, the static occasion brings out simmering tensions in their family dynamics, from the father's moral rectitude to the business ambition of two sons and the withdrawal of their siblings.