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MAIN VAAPAS AAUNGA is the story of a man stuck in the past. Ishar Singh Grewal (Naseeruddin Shah) is a 95-year-old man who lives in Chandigarh with his family. He does not command the respect of his children, as he has been rude to them all his life. One day,... he forcibly asks his driver to take him to Sargodha, located in Pakistan. As expected, BSF officials stop him from crossing over and, in the ensuing chaos, he suffers a stroke. His family members fear, or rather hope, that he will pass away so that they are free from his tantrums. However, he refuses to die. His grandson, Nirvair (Diljit Dosanjh), who is settled in the UK, flies to Chandigarh on learning about his ill health. He is among the few in the family who care deeply for Ishar. Ishar is not communicating with anyone, but he starts talking to Nirvair. Ishar is suffering from dementia and hence, his thoughts are all over the place. Yet, Nirvair listens to him patiently and realizes that Ishar is reminiscing about the pre-Partition era, when he lived with his family in Sargodha. He had fallen deeply in love with Afsana Hasan (Sharvari), and the two wished to marry. However, Partition and communal tension loom over them. What happens next forms the rest of the film.
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