Makar Kanti Chatterjee is a semi-educated self-made businessman who tries hard but often fails to communicate in English. On the other hand, his brother-in-law, Suman, gets romantically involved with a woman married to a reticent forest officer, Ashoke Sanyal. The screenplay is based on the story, Baba Hoya and Swami Hoya, by Buddhadeb Guha.