The Violin Player is the story of one day in the life of a Bollywood session violinist who finds expression in an unlikely place. The day unfolds to reveal startling truths about music, art, life and survival.

In crumbling back lanes of modern Kolkata, a married couple can only see each other in their dreams after they work opposite shifts.

A passionate make-up artist has his life turned upside down when a psychopathic "serial lawyer" takes an interest in his work - and has his moral compass put to test.

A married couple takes refuge in a dilapidated house during a stormy night. An old man, who stays in the house, plays an uncanny host, and draws out their secrets and shares his life theories with them.