Dr Nabin Datta is a prominent dentist in Calcutta 47 disengaged with little affect and fearful that his hands and feet are turning to metal His wife leaves him to live alone His son who is away at school will not talk to him He searches for meaning he seeks the help of a jolly but dismissive physician he talks to an underworld thug about having his wife murdered he delves into the life of his driver the happygolucky Dinu who has two wives and a mistress all three of whom love Dinu all three of whom Dinu cherishes last he returns in his mind to the magical possibilities of his childhood when he could open doors using only a nursery rhyme
DirectorBuddhadeb Dasgupta