 He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen (Soumitra Chatterjee) which includes his wife, Indira (Shabana Azmi) and daughter Gayatri (Supriya Pathak).Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.Production of the film occurred about a decade after Maitreyi Devi (the inspiration for the character Gayatri) published her version of the story "Na Hanyate", (originally published in Bengali).