This is the story of an infant, a child and teen named Jalal. Twenty-year-old Jalal works under a gang leader and budding politician named Sajib, who has kidnapped and impregnated Shila. He has Jalal watch her, but she dies while giving birth. Afraid this child will affect his reputation and influence the result of an election, he tells Jalal to throw the baby in the river. The second story begins with Miraj, who rescues the abandoned baby from the river and raises him, calling him Jalal. However, the villagers begin to complain that this baby will bring misfortune, leading Miraj to abandon the baby yet again. In the third story, the film follows a nine-year-old Jalal who lives as a dependent of a large landowner, Karim, but eventually gets thrown out for the same superstitious reasons. These three stories strangely connect and flow together as one. Through these uniquely linked stories, Abu Shahed Emon tackles a lot of social issues in Bangladesh including superstition, politically motivated corruption and women’s rights. (KIM Ji-seok)