Set against the backdrop of an economic slowdown, Recession revolves around three different sets of victims of this crisis living in the same city. One is a conscientious executive who goes to work even on a Sunday. The second is the auto-rickshaw driver who plies his trade all day long despite suffering from peptic ulcers. The third is an unemployed youngster determined looking at all avenues to find a job that touches the lives of others in a unique way.