Plot

After a distressing incident, a Delhi man vows to believe only what he can see, but his new ideals soon take his life in extreme directions.

Raje Bauji (Sanjay Mishra) is a man in his late fifties, living out a dreary but eventful life in a small house in old Delhi- where he lives with his extended family. A random incident is going to change his life in a dramatic way- though he does not realize at the moment. Bauji's daughter has been seeing a boy of ill repute. When that fact is revealed to the family, after much deliberation they decide to do the obvious- lock up the girl and go beat the willful boy. It is a funny old journey of this man, this old fool- who is both Lear and the fool.—Wikipedia

Ankhon Dekhi is a movie rotating around main character Bauji and his joint family along with some additional characters. Bauji's daughter loves a boy, but as soon as the news is known to family, everything goes upside-down. Although this is just an incident in movie as they further get married. The main thing is it triggers Bauji's questioning in world, he decides to believe only what he can directly perceive with his senses(follows the concept of Carvaka philosophy). This makes him lose his job, family members get disappointed. A group of people join him considering him as ideal - and the story moves ahead.—muvi-fan-73

Raje Bauji (Sanjay Mishra} is a man in his late fifties, living out a dreary but eventful life in a small house in old Delhi- where he lives with his extended family. A random incident is going to change his life in a dramatic way- though he does not realize at the moment. Bauji's daughter Rita (Seema Pahwa) has been seeing a boy of ill repute, Ajju. When that fact is revealed to the family, after much deliberation they decide to do the obvious- lock up the girl and go beat the willful boy. Raje's brother Rishi (Rajat Kapoor) and his wife also stay with him as joint family in their tiny old Delhi house. When they all go to beat Ajju up, Raje realizes that Ajju is a nice and gentle boy. He refuses to beat Ajju and comes back after giving him a good scolding instead.

The whole experience changes Bauji, who vows not to accept any reality that he cant verify with his own eyes. For example he refuses to accept God as he cant verify its existence. This attitude puts Bauji at odds with many folks in society, including his own family. He also looses his job as a travel agent, when he refuses to confirm to customers how long the flight will take (as he has not traveled himself).

Bauji's loss of salary causes tension in the house as Rishi's wife is unhappy that Rishi will have to support the whole household. Ajju comes to the house to ask for Rita's hand in marriage, but is turned back politely. Rishi's son Ashok fails his class & doesn't inform anyone at home. Bauji's son Shammi gets a job and gives Rs 5000 as salary at home. But the reality is that Shammi has taken a loan of rs 28,000 from a loan shark & lost all the money in gambling. Rishi & his family decide to move out of the house & Bauji is not happy with their decision. At first he gets high BP, then he goes on a vow of silence. People start to think that Bauji is losing his mind.

Bauji gives his acceptance to Rita's wedding with Ajju. The loan shark, Gopi sends his goons after Shammi, since he failed to return the money within the agreed time. Gopi's men beat Shammi badly. Bauji breaks his vow of silence & goes to meet Gopi. He praises Gopi for taking care of Shammi & returns 6000 to him. Bauji then takes up gambling himself and becomes successful at it. He repays Gopi's money & is then given an offer by Gopi to play for him at a salary of rs 20,000 per month & 25% of all winnings. The wedding preparations start in earnest, but Rishi refuses to help as he is angry at Bauji for not visiting his apartment even once. Bauji is angry at Rishi for not coming to his house even once since he got his new apartment. Bauji's wife convinces him to at least give the wedding invitation to Rishi.

The wedding takes place with the usual hiccups & at the end of it all Bauji and Rishi reconcile their differences. Bauji then takes his wife on a vacation.