Nimki (Sharmila Tagore) is the mortar that holds her fragile household collectively. She takes care of her youthful sisters, the mute, candy Meethu (Shabana Azmi) and spirited Chinki (Kiran Vairale). Collectively the three sisters care for his or her ageing Amma (Waheeda Rehman), a troubled, frail lady bordering on senile dementia. Geru (Sanjeev Kumar), an itinerant building hauler within the household's village for a short contract, rents a room from the household, and earlier than lengthy bonds of friendship and even love develop between Geru and the sisters.
