Since her fish salesman husband was killed by militant thugs for his political affiliations, Kusum has been left alone to support her eight children and her mother-in-law. She does this by breaking rocks in a nearby quarry. But of course, things can get worse and they do in this heartfelt but gruelling litany of suffering.

Paradise (2023) explores a wide spectrum of human behavior, intricately entwined within political and hierarchical interests, as minor misunderstandings evolve into significant conflicts.

Abasiri's wife Suddhi abandoned him and the village a long time ago. Now, Abasiri and his young friend Mani are summoned to identify a woman who was raped and murdered in the city. Hiding his personal distress after the shocking discovery that it's his own wife, Abasiri embarks on a strange journey with a coffin heading through hauntingly beautiful hill stations towards the village where embarrassing rumors of Suddhi's demise are already spreading. In the last part of this poetic travelogue, dead Suddhi confronts the villagers with their own hypocrisy and shortcomings.