Synopsis
Meghna, a Delhi-based journalist, receives a disturbing videotape from a man in Anuppur claiming his identity has been stolen. Intrigued, she travels to the remote town to investigate. She discovers the story of Mohandas, a brilliant student from a marginalized basket-weaving community who had successfully secured a position at Oriental Coal Mines. However, despite being selected, he was never called to start work. Mohandas eventually uncovers a surreal truth, an impostor aided by local corruption has assumed his name and is already working in his place. When the real Mohandas attempts to reclaim his life, he is met with brutal violence and cast out. Moved by his plight, Meghna broadcasts his story, catching the attention of Harshvardhan, a local lawyer who decides to fight for Mohandas’s legal rights.
The legal battle is rigged from the start. The local powerhouse, Nagendranath (the father of the impostor, Bishnath), manipulates the law to protect his son. The case takes several dark turns. Harshvardhan is falsely accused of bribery to ruin his reputation. Even when evidence surfaces such as Bishnath’s father-in-law agreeing to testify a corrupt legal system, an obstinate Nagendranath ensures Bishnath’s exoneration at any cost. The presiding judge, Muktibodh, is transferred for trying to remain fair, and Harshvardhan is ultimately killed in a staged truck accident after attempting to expose the conspiracy.
Devastated by the death of his lawyer and the total collapse of the justice system, Mohandas retreats to a broken-down house in a distant village. When Meghna finds him again, he is a shell of his former self. Having lost all faith in the law, he has surrendered to his fate, heartbreakingly accepting that he is no longer "Mohandas."
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