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Stories of men facing the precipice of deep change in their lives, and the male figures who took them there. A series of stimulating French shorts.

In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price.

Parna's crisis-ridden family has an unexpected guest - her stay-at-home husband Raktim's confidante - Prosen Mitra. Will Prosen usher in happiness, or will the middle-class couple descend into further chaos?

Chappad Phaad Ke is a satirical look at the consumerism and hypocrisy that engulfs us in our daily lives, set in the background of a typical middle class Maharashtrian family. The Gupchup family is headlined by the strict disciplinarian and morally upright Sharad Gupchup, along with his simple wife Vaishali and their two young children - Shubham and Ketaki. Burdened by the load of living up to the idealistic moral values Sharad so vehemently defends, the Gupchups lead a life of quiet desperation. But when the family chances upon a bag full of unclaimed cash, amounting to crores, their lives are plunged into an ethical crisis, on how their worldly desires and aspirations measure up what would be the right thing to do.

An auditor obtains classified prints/drawings coveted by British govt and others. Villains set traps to retrieve them, capturing him. He's tied to an operating table, facing scalpel torture from the gang leader.

The kind and tolerant grandma (played by Hui Yinghong) reunites with her granddaughter (played by Liu Haocun) who was accidentally lost twelve years ago. The grandfather and grandson have gone from being estranged to relying on each other.