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Ashok Kulbhushan Kharbanda runs a family business that sells takeout food and which also has a video rental store at the side Ashok#39;s extended family includes his wife Radha Shabana Azmi, his brother Jatin Javed Jaffrey, their ailing mother Biji Kushal Rekhi and their manservant Mundu Ranjit Chowdhry, all living under the same roof Jatin, at the insistence of Ashok and their mother, Biji, agrees to marry the beautiful Sita Nandita Das in an arranged marriage, although he is actually in love with Julie Alice Poon, a ChineseIndian At first glance, you see a happy middleclass family going through the normal paces of everyday life However, as the layers are slowly peeled back, we find a simmering cauldron of discontent within the family, with almost every family member living a lie Both marriages in the family turn out to be emotionally empty, without love or passion While Ashok is an ascetic who has taken a vow of celibacy, Jatin is a handsome ladies#39; man who is still openly seeing Julie even after his marriage to Sita Ashok has pledged his total devotion to a religious holy man, a swami, in order to purge his life of worldly desires and temptations Radha, bound by her sense of duty to her husband, agrees to go along with his wishes As you can imagine, with both husbands ignoring their spouses#39; emotional and sexual needs albeit with reasons that are totally opposite from each other, it is only a matter of time before Radha and Sita look to one another for comfort and to satisfy their own passions In this environment, it is only natural that Sita and Radha become fast friends, and, in time, much more than that But their love is not without its share of painful obstacles
