When a revengeful Krishna destroys his brother's motorbike, his mother asks him to return home only when he earns INR 500 to repair it. In a turn of events, he finds himself in a Bombay slum.

The burden of a father who bears the responsibility of caring for his wife who is bedridden and ill, and needs to find better income to cover medical costs. Eventually, the father attempts to rob a house but is discovered by villagers. The father flees into the forest to save himself and hears a baby's cry. The father finds a baby in an empty box and brings it home to care for it. It brings happiness to the father after his wife's death a few weeks later. His adopted child is the one who cares for the father until his last breath, while his own flesh and blood ignores him.

Behind his father's death letter, various incidents and mysteries are unveiled. One by one, secrets are revealed. Will everything end happily?

Patang (English: The Kite) is a 1993 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Goutam Ghose, starring Shabana Azmi, Shafiq Syed, Om Puri and Robi Ghosh. The film is set in small railway station near Gaya, and the life of people in illegal slums near it.[1][2] The film was shot in Gaya and Manpur in Bihar.

Interview with actor Shafiq Syed, who discusses working on the 1988 film Salaam Bombay!