Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him, while knowing that he will never be able to gain access to that world As Balram broods over his situation, he realizes that there is only one way he can become part of this glamorous new India - by murdering his master