The film is about Cyrus (Saif) who tells us about a very bizarre chapter in his life, spanning two years. Cyrus lands up at the Sethna home in Panchgani, and lives with them for a year. He's a drifter, and stays with them because he wants to learn how to sculpt. Naseer plays a retired sculptor.
While this is happening, you realise that everyone in the family has a bizarre agenda. You then realise that maybe Cyrus has one too. He has grown up under different circumstances from you and me, and has his own sense of morality -- which, in a larger picture, is considered wrong. But he also has a very humane side and is struggling to figure himself out. When he narrates his story, he finds himself to a certain degree.
What I wanted to explore was this: if I present negativity -- or what we consider wrong -- in a very casual way, you will accept it while you watch the film. People tend to identify with Cyrus. But when the film is over, they do a double take. They can't believe what just happened.
I have seen this with audiences who have watched the film abroad. It creates a sense of contradiction. You laugh at the old man being badgered or at his senility -- you laugh at things that are not really funny. But when the credits start rolling, you're shocked.