Guna is a village labourer in the hinterlands of Maharashtra. Holding a passion for the 'tamasha' theatre shows, he decides to start his own troupe. Instead of the prestigious role of the king he always dreamed of, he ends up having to play a 'nachya', an effeminate, homosexual man. He goes ahead with the decision, which forever changes him and his family, as he ends up torn between his artistic passion and his societal prestige.
Yamuna along with her son Laxman locates in Mumbai leaving behind her abusive husband. She takes shelter in the house of her aunt Chandra whom she calls Akka. Yamuna's only aim is to give better education to her son. Chandra finds her a job as a sweeper in an art school. Yamuna finds that Chandra poses as a nude model to the students of the school. Chandra confines Yamuna to take up the job of being nude out there the students don't look at you in lust but as a project.
The film Based on the short story written by the renowned writer and novelist Vijay Tendulkar, set in the time of the struggle for Independence, is based on the life of a lesbian.
