Indu (Kirti Kulhari) is an orphan raised in an orphanage. She stammers while speaking and, therefore, lacks self-confidence. Prospective grooms reject her because of her stammering problem. But Naveen Sarkar (Totaroy Chowdhry) meets her, likes her and marries her. While Indu is simple at heart, Naveen is a go-getter who wants to earn a lot of money and lead a luxurious life. He is a government servant and is very close to minister Om Nath (Satyajeet Sharma). He knows that if he works to the satisfaction of the minister, he will be able to climb the ladder of success fast.
Soon, the ruling Congress government declares Emergency in the country. Atrocities on common men and exploitation of the poor increase manifold, all in the name of the Emergency. Indu is disturbed by the sufferings of the people but husband Naveen chides her for speaking, even in private, against the government and the Emergency.
One day, Indu brings home two poor kids who were separated from their parents while a whole colony of hutments and shanties was being demolished by irresponsible officers. Naveen doesn’t approve of this as he is very particular about not antagonizing anyone in the ruling party. He asks Indu to leave the kids at some camp but Indu doesn’t have the heart to leave the little siblings unattended. She continues keeping them at her home. Then, one day, she gets the news that the parents of the kids had been murdered and they had been declared Naxalites. Naveen throws a fit that two children of Naxalites were at his home. Exasperated, he asks Indu to choose between him and the home on the one hand and the two children on the other. Indu walks out of the house with the kids.
She starts life afresh with social activist Mekhla (Sheeba Chadha) who is part of an underground movement, Hamara India, which is involved in exposing the atrocities perpetrated on the public by the government in the name of the Emergency. Before she knows it, Indu also becomes a part of the underground outfit. Meanwhile, Naveen initiates divorce proceedings which Indu does not resist.All hell breaks loose when one day, Indu and her colleagues of Hamara India shout slogans and throw pamphlets against the Emergency, in front of visiting foreign delegates. Minister Om Nath recognises Indu. Under pressure from his chief (Neil Nitin Mukesh), Om Nath dismisses Naveen from work.
Soon, Indu is arrested while trying to ensure group leader Nana Pradhan’s (Anupam Kher) escape. She is produced in court along with her other arrested colleagues. In court, Indu raises her voice against the government so effectively that the tremors are felt in the corridors of power.