Barkha lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed mom and brother, Rakesh. Barkha meets with a naive man from Vishnupur by the name of Gangaram who has come to Bombay to get married, they are attracted to each other, so much so that he introduces her to his sister, Champa, and an ex-firefighter who they live with. After convincing her family to approve the union, Rakesh goes to Gangaram's house to discuss marriage. He does not discuss marriage or anything at all, but angrily returns home and informs his mom and sister that Gangaram is living with a dancer from a local brothel - the very woman that Gangaram had introduced to Barkha as his sister.