简介：Allan(CorinNemec),anAmerican,arrivesinAhmedabadsearchingforanswers,tofindinternalpeaceandtounderstandtheworldandhistroubledlife.HechosesIndiaashisschoolandGandhiashissubjectofhisthesis.ItisherethathemeetsthePithawalafamily—Cyrus(NaseeruddinShah),hiswifeShernaz(Sarika),sonParzan(ParzanDastur)anddaughterDilshad(PearlBarsiwala).ThePithawalasbeingParsisfollowZoroastrianism.ThroughthemandtheteachingsofanGandhian,Allanstartstofindpeaceofmind. TheGodhraincidenthappenswherein58HindureligiouspiligrimsaresupposedlyburntalivebyaMuslimmob.[7]Asareactiontothisincident,communalriotsensueshortlythereafterwhereinMuslimswereattackedbyHindumobs,[8]followedbyMuslimattackonHindus.[9]Amidsttheseriots,10year-oldParzandisappears.Cyrus,ShernazandDilshadmanagetoescapethecarnage.Intheaftermathoftheriots,Cyrussearchesforhismissingchildwhilefightingforhisownsanity.WhileassistingthePithawalasintheirsearch,Allanbattlestouncoverthereasonbehindtheriotsinanefforttotryandmakesomesenseoftheincident.Peoplestarttoquestiongovernment'sofficialexplanationoftheincidentwhichdownplaysanyconspiracy.Asaresult,aHumanRightsCommissionisformed.Throughthecommission,severalwitnessesandvictimstestifyagainsttheindifferenceofthepolicetoprotectthemfromtherioters.Thefilmendswithadedicationtothevictimsofcommunalviolence.…