Every Indian worth his salt has been taught that if you live in India, you have to make greed and bribery a part of your being. Corruption is a religion, and saying 'no' to bribery is sacrilegious.
So when one person decides to rebel against the system, people admire him, reluctantly, but cluck their tongues at his futile bravado, and predict his impending doom.
Mussaddilal Tripathi (Pankaj Kapoor), a retired schoolmaster, is one such brave soul. Declared dead by government officials, and having had his pension terminated, the little old man runs from pillar to ....