it legendary indian actor naseeruddin shah first try at directing and he do a pretty good job with it . this film be different from other bollywood one which would be hero heroine and hero villain story . here the people see be real people . the film have four story run simultaneously . the timing be mumbai and september 2001. a bride and tillotamma da ( konkona sen sharma ) get marry to a s or w enginner hemant ( jimmy shergill ) settle in usa after an internet romance . unfortunately hemant have to leave for usa and tillotamma have to live with her in law . her sister in law and mother in law be nut and they make her crazy . only her father in law be ok. she have to go to america somehow to join her husband . a stockbroker and salim ( irfan khan ) have get green card . he and his brother javed will go to usa . but salim be madly in love with namrata and a much old woman . but namrata basically use him a one of her young lover . salim find that he be cheat . he go to america . he try to forget her but can not . talented doctor rahul have get an admission into u university . but he have his sick father to take care of in india . how will he manage his expense . but he have a rich friend khusboo ( ayesha takia ) who have more than soft corner for him . he be in dilemma . will he go to u or not . the fourth character be rajabhai ( paresh rawal ) . he take money from people and arrange them to send to u a part of dance troupe . one day his old fame tara of 19 year come up and ask him to send her daugther to u . the soft lover in hard businessman rajabhai risens . the path of all four cross from time to time and change forever .