The Story:
In the bustling streets of 1950s Calcutta, humble bank clerk Paresh Chandra Dutta (Tulsi Chakraborty), teetering on the edge of unemployment, stumbles upon a rain-slicked stone in a park that defies reality—touching iron to gold in an instant, propelling him and his devoted wife Giribala from poverty to opulent splendor in an Alipore mansion, chauffeured luxury, and philanthropic fame amid high-society soirees.
But hubris unravels the dream at a lavish cocktail bash where tipsy Paresh boasts the stone’s sorcery, unleashing chaos: press frenzy devalues gold markets into national panic, police probes for smuggling, and a frantic flight leaving the cursed relic with bumbling secretary Priyatosh, who swallows it in terror during the raid.
As the stone dissolves in his gut, fortunes revert to rust, satirizing greed’s folly in Satyajit Ray’s whimsical comedy of magical mishaps and the fleeting allure of wealth—will the Dutts reclaim their simple joys, or face the iron truth of life’s true value?
