Early-1940s, rural British India. When a woman decides to fight against the village's despotic subedar and is supported by the guard of the local spice factory, more women join to defy the prevailing oppression.

• National Film Development Corporation of India
• Smita Patil
• Naseeruddin Shah
• Om Puri
• Deepti Naval
• Suresh Oberoi
• Benjamin Gilani
• Harish Patel
• Paresh Rawal