Early-1940s, rural British India. When a woman decides to fight against the village's despotic subedar and is supported by the guard of the local spice factory, more women join to defy the prevailing oppression.
स्मिता पाटिल
as Sonbai
Naseeruddin Shah
as Subedar
Om Puri
as Chowkidar Abu Miya
Deepti Naval
as Saraswati
Suresh Oberoi
as Mukhi
Benjamin Gilani
as Masterji
Harish Patel
as Pandit
Paresh Rawal
as Villager
Amole Gupte
as
Dina Pathak
as Maanki, factory worker
Ratna Pathak Shah
as Factory worker
Supriya Pathak
as Factory worker
