A woman lives a dissatisfied life with her husband and daughter in Patnitop, a hill station. However, her life takes a turn when she begins an affair with her employer.
A period drama, the film is based on Ismat Chugtai's most celebrated story "Lihaaf" (published 1942). The film inter weaves the plot of same sex relationship between Begum and her masseuse and the trial that Ismat underwent after being slapped with a case of obscenity on publishing the story. The...
