Real estate developer Dharmen Shah rose from nothing to create an empire. When Shah offers a generous buyout to a group of neighbors in a once respectable, now crumbling apartment building, they can't believe their good fortune. Except, that is, for Masterji, a retired schoolteacher who refuses to abandon the building he has long called home. As the demolition deadline looms, desires mount; neghbors become enemies, and acquaintances turn into conspirators who risk losing their humanity to score their payday...