Set in an ageing Mumbai housing society, Last Man in Tower follows Yogesh Mishra (Manoj Bajpayee), a retired physics teacher who becomes the lone resident resisting a redevelopment deal accepted by his neighbours. While the offer promises a better future for many, Yogesh is determined to preserve the home and close-knit community he holds dear. But his stand soon turns him into an outsider among people he once considered friends, as his refusal is seen as standing in the way of their aspirations.

At the heart of the conflict is Sangita Puri (Divya Dutta), a neglected housewife whose hopes for a better life for her special-needs son put her at odds with Yogesh. As developer Dharmen Shah (Boman Irani) pushes the redevelopment forward, the society becomes a microcosm of a changing Mumbai, where the desire for progress increasingly clashes with the values of community and togetherness. Based on Aravind Adiga’s novel of the same name, the film offers a nuanced portrait of middle-class life, exploring the loneliness of standing by one’s convictions and the difficult choices that arise when preserving the past means confronting the dreams of others.

Is Yogesh Mishra simply afraid of change or is there more to his attachment to home? Do people make places special, or do places and the memories associated with them matter just as much? And when the past holds so much meaning, can the promise of a better future be enough to move us forward.