Critics generally praised the film as a grounded, performance-driven entry into the noir genre, though some found its pacing and screenplay to be uneven.

Retired schoolteacher Shambhunath Mishra (Sanjay Mishra) and his wife Manju (Neena Gupta) live a life of quiet desperation. They are drowning in debt after taking out a massive loan to send their ungrateful son to the US. Their situation escalates when a local thug, Prajapati Pandey (Saurabh Sachdeva), begins harassing them. After a series of humiliations, Shambhunath commits a brutal, calculated murder and must then outsmart a corrupt police officer (Manav Vij) to cover his tracks. Critical Review and Analysis