Shashanka is a man out of sync with his milieu. He lives with his daughter Megha. but over the years, the meaning of their relationship has changed and so have their modes of communication. The generation gap has created a subtle distance between the two. These are changes with which Shashanka is trying to cope. Meanwhile, an unusual bond grows between him and the 5-year-old daughter of a couple that has recently moved into the apartment building from abroad. Footsteps is the story of this friendship which enables the old man to rediscover life in his twilight years.