1947 The ravages of Partition have compelled an old artist Husyn Naqqash to sell his ancestral home in Western India and move with his family to Karachi Pakistan When Kishorilal a stoic and stonehearted man who has bought the house comes to know that Husyn is a wellknown miniature painter and has an invaluable and rare miniature collection he schemes to get hold of the collection But all is not what it seems and there is a secret about the collection that Husyns family is holding back Not only from Kishorilal but also from Husyn