The green expanse of tea gardens shining under a warm sun welcomes the hero back in his village, where the young man's mother is ailing. He has to look after the elderly woman in her countdown days, and that is why the army officer, Rana Phukan, is on a break from the barracks. Jahnu Barua’s debut movie starts with the protagonist chatting with the rickshaw-wallah riding him on the tricycle, while the near-end of Aparoopa shows him returning in gloom symbolised by the misty wintry morning. That is close to a full circle but, soon, it’s in its last couple of minutes the film rolls fast forward in time.