Banaras Plot
Shwetambari (Urmila Matondkar), the bright young daughter of rich Brahmin parents (Dimple Kapadia and Raj Babbar) studies science at the local university in Banaras. Soham (Ashmit Patel) a low caste mystic and protege of Babaji (Naseeruddin Shah) teaches music at the University. when the two fall in love, hell breaks loose in Banaras. The orthodox and conservatives surface to the fore, threatening to take away everything form the young lovers. When her powerful parents try to ignore the social strictures for happiness of their daughter, the dark forces and destiny take complete control. A shattered Shwetambari makes a choice. She decides to abandon the very city she loves the most. In despair and hopelessness she turns inwards to look for answers. 17 years laer, Shwetambari, now a world teacher in philosophy and religion, is confronted with a final choice - a choice wheter to return to Banaras to meet her dying father or to continue to deny all attachments.
