| 18 | The spectacularly beautiful banks of the |
| 19 | Padma, functioning as the metaphor for ‘the |
| 20 | river of life’, form the backdrop. The main |
| 21 | character in the fishing village is the boatman |
| 22 | Kuber (Asaad), and the episodic film chronicles |
| 23 | his tension-ridden encounters with the wealthy |
| 24 | Muslim trader Hussain (Dutt), who wants to |
| 25 | transform an island in the Padma delta into a |
| 26 | haven free from communal strife. The women |
| 27 | in the film are mainly metaphors for the |
| 28 | eternally mysterious forces of nature. |