Sharda, a nurse and single mother, raises her daughter Swati as an independent, articulate young woman. Swati is a strong advocate of women's rights in a society where there is significant male domination. Swati deals with eve teasers firmly, sometimes with considerable force. When a married friend of hers gets raped in the presence of her husband, she acts as a counsellor and helps them adjust to the reality of a society that blames the victim and not the rapists. Swati takes on a huge transformation when she meets a political activist and falls in love with him. She embarks on a project of matchmaking for her mother and engineers a wedding with a widower who has a grown-up daughter.
Meenakshi Sheshadri
as Swati
Shashi Kapoor
as Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Sharmila Tagore
as Sharda
Akbar Khan
as Ram Mohan "Comrade"
Madhuri Dixit
as Anandi
Vinod Mehra
as Satya Prakash
Sarika
as Dancer / Singer
Raja Bundela
as Kamdev Prasad Chironjilal Rokadia 'Kapil Dev'
Arjun
as Manohar Joshi
Shubha Khote
as Mrs. Saroj Bhatnagar
Dinesh Hingoo
as Satyanarayan Chaubey
