A young man who lives nearby an airport finds himself in trouble upon meeting a mysterious stranger.
Din lives with his family in a small village near Chittagong, the largest port city in Bangladesh. When he and his friend set off to find a job in the city, they embark on an odyssey that takes them further than they could ever have dreamed of.
The film revolves around the everyday life of people living in villages near rivers. The film shows how villagers get exploited by loan sharks, the struggles of farmers and more.
The story of "Pounopunik" revolves around the struggle of a female sex worker to give her daughter the light of education.
Dhaka Dream is a tale of convergence towards a city, named Dhaka, where a bunch of outlying people gather different experiences that derives from a separate journey that is collective and yet distinctively simultaneous.
Just as Moses was found in the river Nile, an infant is rescued from a river, and adopted by Miraj, Karim and Sajib in turns over the years, only to be abandoned at the various stages of his life. From innocence to becoming a gangster, the unpredictable currents of Jalal's journey prove that he is truly a child of the river.