You wouldn’t miss me. I’d be waiting interminably at one of the many crowded bus stops in the city. Just another guy in the crowd, lost in the comings and goings at office hour...”

Thus the film opens to the weary voiceover of Sreedharan, a middling clerk at the government office in town. Life in the big city is not easy, as he struggles to make ends meet on a meagre salary. As another month nears its end and pay packets are handed out, it is time for the familiar juggling of accounts – money for rent, groceries, eating out, and a little something for the old ‘un back home. He lives in a modest lodging overlooking the busy city railway station. The aspirations and amusements of his mates at the lodge provide a wistful vignette of life in the city.