 This is the story of a woman, Sita Vajpai (Rekha), who goes through various stages in her life, starting in a flashback in a courthouse accused of murder, to which she has readily and willingly confessed. She is accused of killing Bijlee (Sadashiv Amrapurkar), who openly lusts for her; who was hired by her step-son, Rakesh (Rakesh Roshan) to kill Vijay (Vinod Mehra); and who now wants her husband Barrister Vajpai (Shriram Lagoo) to pay the amount due to him for arranging the murder of Vijay. She is step-mother to a step-son who had an illicit relationship with her cousin, Aruna (Aruna Irani), and who now refuses to acknowledge and marry Aruna. He claims that he only had sexual intercourse with Aruna, thinking it was Sita he was having sex with. She is the niece of her cruel Chacha (T.P. Jain), and a unapproving Chachi (Dina Pathak); and a sister to a beautiful girl, Savitri (Neeta Mehta). After withstanding all the injustices and tortures of life, she now awaits the final torture and condemnation at the hands of the law and justice. "Eh aurat teri izzat se ye duniya tera naam le....." is played throughout the movie, and is good to hear. Lyrics by Anand Bakshi.