Having escaped an Australian maximum security prison, a disillusioned man loses himself in the slums of Bombay, where he works for a drug mafia kingpin, smuggles arms for a crime lord, forges bonds with fellow exiles, and finds love with an elusive woman.

An independent New York foodie accompanies her husband to his home in Mumbai, where her ex-pat sense of adventure is tested by the unexpected arrival of her headstrong mother-in-law.

Growing up in a Mumbai slum, two brothers are raised by a domineering father driven by the commercial potential for their success as cricket stars before facing coming-of-age challenges brought on by their rebellion against him.