 Jagannath's school was closed after political killings and he came to Kolkata in search of a job,Jaggannath was harassed by the kids as they called him mad he was always getting into arguements.Then they came to a village where Panchanan Ustad lived he received them and Ustad and Jaggannath had frequent arguements creating a contrast between Vedic and Folk perspectives after Nilkantha met his wife the last time he went into a forest where he met Naxalites with whom he discussed Marxist history and he described them as the 'cream of bengal' misguided , successful and unsuccessful at the sametime.when the police comes and a shootout begins Bagchi after taking a bullet dies saying 'Do u remember Madan the weaver he used to say will I buy raw stock from the borgeoise ?Betray all of u?By not working I have become stiff so I weave without cotton something has to be done'.The film deals with various ideas and themes.