Trama

It follows the lives of two women as they find courage and love in exceptional circumstances.

Badrunissa (Badru) and Hamza are very much in love and decide to get married after Hamza gets a government job as Ticket Collector in Indian Railways, but Badru's mother Shamshunissa isn't happy with her choice. Three years later, things are not good between Badru and Hamza; he has turned alcoholic and frequently beats Badru, wants her to live under his thumb, and opposes his building's development plan. Shamshunissa is very much aware of her daughter's daily abuse and wants her to return home but Badru lives in hope that someday Hamza will change. Zulfi, a common friend of Badru and Shamshunissa, complains to police about Hamza being a wife-beater, but in the police station Hamza sweet-talks Badru to retract the complaint. On their way home Hamza attacks Shamshuniss,a and Badru must choose between her mother and her husband; she chooses Hamza, forcing mother and daughter to break ties with each other. A few days later Badru realizes that she's pregnant and reunites with Shamshunissa around the same time Hamza finds from Inspector Jadhav that Zulfi had complained against him and Badru is very much aware of it. Hamza suspects an affair between them and pushes Badru downstairs and she miscarries; as she recuperates from it, she decides to hold Hamza captive in their house and torture him the same way he tortured her.—alex.mjacko@gmail.com

Hamza (Vijay Varma) is an alcoholic who beats his wife Badrunissa "Badru" Ansari (Alia Bhatt) after drinking, every night for 3 years of their love marriage. Badru finds many ways to make him quit drinking (Like mixing anti-alcohol pills in his food), one of which is insisting Hamza have a child (by dressing provocatively and poking holes in condoms). But Hamza keeps delaying having a kid & continues to abuse Badru night after night.

Hamza is constantly in a tiff with the rest of the society members for a renovation of the Chawl they reside in. Hamza agrees to attend the meeting with the builder, but decides not to go. Badru attends one of the meetings in which the final decision on the renovation of the building is to be taken. The builder is offering modern apartments in exchange for the land of the Chawl. Badru attends the meeting, despite Hamza asking her not to, and is beaten up again. Hamza is holding up the entire project as he is not willing to sign. Later, Hamza explains that another builder is willing to pay double the rent amount and hence this is a negotiating tactic.

Zulfi (Roshan Mathew), who does odd jobs around the Chawl, often visits Badru and her mother Shamshunissa "Shamshu" Ansari (Shefali Shah). He is aware of the torture Badru suffers from each day. He files a complaint against Hamza for physical abuse. Badru is questioned and she also tells the police that Hamza has abused her. Section 498A applies and Hamza will be sent away for 3 yrs in jail. Hamza is arrested but promises Badru he will quit drinking once they have a child. Badru gets Hamza out of jail and suffers more abuse at the hands of Hamza, who doesn't change. Hamza even hits Shamshu, who asks Badru to chose between her or Hamza. Badru has faith that Hamza will change and decide to stick to her marriage.

Hamza then finds out that his liver is Cirrhosed and he needs to quit drinking or he'll die. That evening, upon returning home, Hamza learns that Badru is pregnant with their child, and he pretends to quit drinking to keep his promise. In reality, he quit drinking due to cirrhosis and not because of Badru's pregnancy.

Meanwhile, Hamza is hell-bent on knowing who filed the complaint against him. He eventually finds out that Zulfi did it (He gives a tip to the police to find a pickpocket and in exchange they reveal that Zulfi was the original complainant) and that Badru knew about it the whole time. Despite knowing that Badru is pregnant, Hamza still hits her, suspicious that Badru and Zulfi are having an affair. He is suspicious that the child borne by Badru is not his. Hamza beats Badru brutally and pushes her down a flight of stairs, which results in her suffering a miscarriage. On this day Hamza was not under the influence of any alcohol, this portrayed the real demon in him. After being hospitalized and losing her child, Badru vows to treat Hamza just the way he treated her.

She comes home and feeds him sleeping pills, ties his hands and feet, and beats and tortures him, just like he did to her. Meanwhile, Hamza's boss at work Ticket Collector Damle (Kiran Karmarkar) comes home to inquire about him as he has the keys to the file cabinets, which are needed for an office inspection. Badru and Shamshu lie that he has gone to the village as his father passed away, but are unable to get away with it as Damle comes home to pick up the keys (Damle had called Hamza's village and knew that he was not there). Damle confronts the ladies, about why they are lying. They tell him that Hamza is sick. Badru had started injecting the tranquilizer shots inside Hamza, which her mother got with the help of Kasim Kasai (Rajesh Sharma). Damle sees a catatonic Hamza in bed and is somewhat satisfied..

Badru and Shamshu approach the police to file a missing persons complaint. Hamza escapes by lying to Zulfi (saying that if he escapes, then Badru and Shanshu will be protected from the police), when the women go out to police station. immediately the police Inspector Rajaram Tawde (Vijay Maurya) visit to inquire about Hamza missing, as he is a union govt staff. Badru and Shamshu get shocked upon coming home to find Hamza gone. The police take doubt about an affair between Zulfi and Badru and try to arrest Zulfi. But Zulfi claims that he is in love with Shamshu. the police are confused and ask them all to come to the station. Shamshu kisses Zulfi and confirms her desire.

Hamza has come to the police station, only to tell the police that Badru and her mother are torturing him. The police don't believe his story since he looks drunk (he was still under the influence of a tranquilizer). Badru, Shamshu, and Zulfi arrive at the police station to bring him back home. They return home and Badru decides to kill Hamza. She makes him drink alcohol. Shamshu and Zulfi suggest they tie Hamza to a railway track to kill him. Hamza offers to leave town and go back to his village and Badru makes him record a video of himself where he mentions he is running away (to indicate he has committed suicide). They tie him to the railway track when Badru realizes that she is turning out to be just like Hamza and unties him just before a train passes by.

Hamza now released vows to take revenge on Badru, when he is run over by a train. On the way back home, Shamshu comes clean to Badru that her father also brutally abused the former, even after Badru was born. Shamshu one day too killed Badru's father and took Kasim's help in disposing of the body. She then filed a missing complaint about her husband but the police could never find him. Shamshu assures Badru that she took the correct decision of leaving him for good before he died. Badru also believes that this is the consequence of Hamza's actions. A few days later, they hold a funeral for Hamza. Badru smiles, happy that she is free now, hoping for a better future.