Ek Cup Chya is a Marathi film based on the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
A Sanskrit Professor, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, sees an elephant on the street. Fascinated with the creature, he follows it home, and is cared for by the family to whom the elephant belongs.
Joshi, known as Lathe Joshi for his skilled work on lathe machine, is left without a job when the owner of the workshop has to close the business due to advances in automation.