At midnight on his 10th birthday, a boy scours the lesser-known Kolkata streets in search of a father he’s never met, carrying a letter he can’t read.
The story of Captain Balram Singh Mehta of India’s 45 Cavalry regiment who, along with his siblings, fought on the eastern front during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971. Named after the Russian amphibious war tank “PT-76”, which floats on water like an empty ‘pippa’ (tin) of ghee, the film traces Mehta's coming-of-age as he steps up to prove himself in a war to liberate Bangladesh.
It is summer in Kolkata, India. A man waits at a bus stop in the morning while a girl with a violin waits in the afternoon. One day their paths cross. A strange relationship unfolds as they begin exploring the quiet of the city. Unable to settle down, they decide to leave the crumbling city. Season changes. It is raining at the bus stop.
