Four years ago, construction worker Mahesh had cycled two thousand kilometres alone to return home during the first Covid lockdown. Now he is the subject of a film about this epic journey. But as the shoot ends and Mahesh returns to the maze-like site of his construction job, the portrait of an endearing young man trapped in his condition emerges. Blending fact and fiction, this film-within-a-film retells migrant workers’ tales while examining its own gaze.