Godmother Plot
Rambhi (Shabana Azmi) from a housewife to a powerful politician. Rambhi and husband Veeran (Milind Gunaji) arrive in the city displaced by a drought. Veeran emerges leader of his Mer community to become Sarpanch aided by a cunning lawyer Keshubhai (Govind Namdeo). Keshubhai uses him for his own purposes till Veeran learns of his corruption. Keshubhai gets Veeran murdered and his illiterate widow elected on sympathy. But Rambhi supported by Jagga (Nirmal Pandey) emerges a politician to contend with using violence to clear her way. A crisis emerges with Rambhi's son employing the same violence to attain a girl by attacking her lover. The incident acquires communal significance at a time when Rambhi is in conflict with Keshubhai over the post of Chief Minister. The evil of violent means dawns on Rambhi and she tries to make amends in her death.
