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A bureaucrat working for the
railways uses the regulations to
conceal himself and cloak any human
reactions. Bhuvan Shome is a
widower who even sacked his own
son for negligence. But when he is
about to dismiss another employee for
taking bribes, he begins to be aware
that he is bored and lonely. He
goes off on a duck shoot where he
meets simple peasants and a series
of adventures that may make him
more lonely but at least foster in
him an awareness that he might
safely become a little more human.
Among his adventures is an encounter
with a lively girl who, unknown
to him, is the wife of the man he
was about to dismiss ....