A self-made billionaire’s invincibility is tested while on the cusp of everything that money can achieve. A lower-caste couple rebuilds their lives under the most trying circumstances. A corrupt city traffic cop struggles to upgrade his lifestyle in order to please his mistress.

Tryst With Destiny, named after Nehru’s speech on the eve of India’s independence from Great Britain, follows three sets of characters from disparate backgrounds in contemporary india, as they struggle for control of their fates.