Set in a cramped house in Daryaganj, the film masterfully depicts the intricacies of a middle-class joint family , including the friction between Bauji and his brother, Rishi.
What could have easily devolved into a gag-heavy comedy about a stubborn old man instead becomes a delicate exploration of epistemology and the human condition. Bauji’s refusal to accept the existence of things he cannot verify—be it the geography of China, the sanctity of a temple, or the hearsay of neighbors—is both liberating and isolating.