The
film
is
about
relationship
-
relationship
of
humans
with
God
and
about
the
relationship
off
great
men
like
Buddha,
Kabir,
Tulsi
and
Shankaracharya
with
Banaras.
With
this
as
the
core
subject,
the
film
delves
into
the
relationship
of
a
loving
young
daughter,
with
her
parents.
Shwetambari
(Urmilla
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
a
protÉgÉ
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
the
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
hopelessness
she
turns
inwards
to
look
for
answers.
17
years
later,
Shwetambari,
now
a
world
teacher
in
philosophy
and
religion,
is
confronted
with
a
final
choice
-
a
choice
whether
to
return
to
Banaras
to
meet
her
dying
father
or
to
continue
to
deny
all
attachments.
Will
she
decide
to
go
back
to
Banaras?
And
if
she
does,
would
the
sleeping
demons
and
the
dark
secrets
lying
underneath
like
a
dormant
volcano
erupt
once
again
and
destroy
her
peace
of
mind
for
ever?
The
main
cast
is
ably
supported
by
Akash
Khurana,
Arif
Zakaria
and
Javed
Khan.