The story revolves around Gopinath Gyne alias Goopy, the son of a poor grocer Kanu Kyne from a village called Amloki. Goopy wants to become a singer, but unfortunately, he sings terribly without melody, rhythm or tune. The village elders wanting to have fun, persuade him to sing for the king in the early morning hours right under His Majesty's bedroom window. Goopy does so and is driven out of Amloki on a donkey for waking up the king with his terrible singing. Exiled to a forest, he meets Bagha Bayen, another exile from nearby village Hortuki. Bagha has been exiled for playing the drum badly. They soon make the team after encountering a tiger and start singing and drumming, initially to scare off the tiger, but in the process attract a group of ghosts who are fascinated by their music. Happy with their performance, the king of the ghosts (Bhooter Raja) grants them three boons, all of which are only available to both as a pair (they cannot use them individually).

**They can get food and clothes whenever needed by clapping one hand with each other

**They are given a pair of magic slippers with which they can travel anywhere (They need to clap one hand with each other while wearing the shoes and say the name of the place they want to go to).

**They become flawless musicians and gain the ability to hold people in awe (literally, their music renders people motionless) with their music.

The pair travel to Shundi, where a benevolent king appoints them court musicians. However, the king of Halla (the long lost twin brother of the king of Shundi, is planning to attack Him, after being poisoned by his chief minister with the help of a magic potion that makes him evil. He is aided by a senile sorcerer, who has created the evil potion and also the potion that has made all the Shundi people mute. Goopy and Bagha travel to Halla in an attempt to prevent the attack, but are captured instead. They also lose their slippers when captured and hence cannot escape the jail by magic, but manage to do so by the strategy of luring the famished gatekeeper with delicious foods. They arrive singing and drumming when the soldiers are about to launch their attack, rendering the army motionless. Next, they wish for unlimited food and sweets, which rain from the sky on the starving soldiers who forget the battle and settle for filling their bellies. Not only this, their singing takes off the evil effects of the potion given to the King of Halla, who drops the idea of capturing Shundi, and reunites happily with his brother. For averting the war, the two kings of Shundi and Halla respectively marry their daughters to Goopy and Bagha.