Chandni Bar
(Chandni Bar)

Mumtaz, a young woman, comes to Bombay with her “uncle” after losing both her parents in a community riot in Sitapur in the Uttar Pradesh state. The uncle puts her to a dancing bar, Chandni Bar. Podya – the local goon – gets attracted to Mumtaz and marries her. They have two children, a girl and a boy. Later, Podya is killed by police in a “fake” encounter. From then on, Mumtaz has to struggle so that her children do not go through their parents’ ordeals. But the pressures of society decide otherwise…