Depressed and alone after the death of his wife, a devoutly religious retiree is looking for help. Meeting a holy man, he decides to join his band of affluent disciples and enlists the guru’s help in finding his daughter a husband. But the young man courting his daughter has other plans and sets out to expose the holy man as a fraudster…
A quick-witted romantic comedy with fantastic characters and memorable performances, Ray’s lightness of directorial touch belies a cutting criticism of Indian post-war society.