Drawn deep into the mysterious world of strokes and colours on her father’s canvas, she listens to his half-soliloquizing talks about the mysteries of creation, as she is spurred into a strange quest for meaning in her life and her name – Saanjhbathi.

As she is nurtured by her father’s world of ideas, and in the shadow of her mother’s love, Tukun gets entwined with relationships which begin to cloud her perspectives. While she oscillates between comprehension and confusion, she seeks refuge in the silhouettes of her mind’s eye, who guide her towards realising ‘Saanjbathi’.

She was born at the stroke of twilight, when the sun embraced the horizon. Saikat, an artist, and her father, saw a luminescent aura enveloping his daughter and named her ‘Saanjbathi’ (twilight lamp), endearingly ‘Tukun’.

Her father’s protégé, Dipu, gets intimately involved with her family. Life takes a strange turn. As seemingly nurturing relationships turn disruptive, Tukun’s ideals and perspectives get distorted and crash. Churned by the experiences, she attempts to alienate herself from the turmoil in her environment. The silhouettes disappear and she is left unfulfilled and wandering. But the intense ecstasy of creativity overcomes all barriers and brings a greater and more complete understanding of life and thus reuniting with her roots.

Realisation dawns on ‘Saanjhbathi’. In the great design of the universe, all that matters is the realization of the sublime beauty of creation, and the petty patchwork of our lives fades into insignificance.