As dawn breaks, Amir, a call centre executive, is caught in the forest by police informer Jagtar, who mistakes him for a suspect. Bound together on an arduous journey, an unexpected bond forms between them. When Jagtar realizes his mistake, they part with an unspoken promise. Jagtar returns to his village by the River Beas, where Dilraj, his childhood friend, is leading landless labourers in their struggle to reclaim the earth. When Amir arrives searching for him, Jagtar is caught between a troubled past and a possible new future. By the river, new solidarities emerge, and a reckoning awaits.