Eight year old Cyrus Readymoney introduces us to his magical universe of movies and mischief, tennis tournaments and truant afternoons, the sea and the shore. Exploring Bombay in the early 1970s, Cyrus strays from his mostly absent parents, members of the Parsi elite. In his travels, he experiences the spendor of Hindi films and delights in all manner of mouthwatering food. But soon Cyrus os forced from his carefree lifestyle by his parents' divorce, and into the world of responsibility awaiting him.