sentences:  She lives with her grandmother in Bombay (who is in fact her nanny), while her mother, Najma stays away from her in Hyderabad with her second husband, Nasir Ahmed (Jagdish Raj), who's in fact a pimp, not her husband and Najma, herself lives the life of a prostitute, however, Najma doesn't tell her daughter about this and Shabana doesn't have any idea about her mother's miserable life.One fine day, she is back from her college after winning a singing competition.Shabana is expecting her mother coming within 2–3 days, but the door bell rings and the postman comes with a telegram, which comes from Hyderabad, regarding her mother's illness.