SetintheseeminglydesultoryenvironsofsuburbanMumbai,acharlatanholymansitsatRaju'steastall.Hespendshisdaysdrinkingcheapcountryliquorandhoodwinkingtheeager,ifnotinnocent,workersandhousewiveswhocometohimseekingadvice.Theneighbourhoodhecounselsistiedtogetherinacomplexwebofsexualbetrayal,unfulfilleddesireandblindfaithintheholyman'shealingpowers.Oneday,however,theholymanbeginslosinghiseyesight.Thedoctorsinformhimtheproblemisduetohisalcoholism,butheknowsbetter.Forhisimminentblindnessbringswithitanew"vision"-cataclysmicnightmares,hallucinationsand,ultimately,thetruth.BlessedbyanewfoundGod-givengift,theholymandecidestospeaksoothtothosewhocomehisway.Butareordinarymortalswillingtoconfrontthetruth?