Gunjan, is a smart, suave 17 year old Mumbai, big city girl, who has a wonderful relationship with her mother Sneha. Tragically, Sneha is diagnosed with cancer and dies soon leaving behind a lifetime of void in her young daughter Gunjan's life. Her dad wants to take her to Australia with him where he has a big business, but Gunjan's maasi, Shail now takes her under her wings and requests her to come and stay with her. Gunjan now moves to Banaras with her maasi. Here in the city of Banaras, in her masi's home has to share her room with Rachna, Shail's 16 year old daughter. Gunjan from her own nuclear family in Mumbai nowcomes to Banaras to live in a joint family headed by Dayal (Rachna's father) who runs a garment shop and lives with his two brothers and their family under one roof. Gunjan is told to share the room with RACHNA a long haired girl, wearing a loose suit so that her figure cannot be seen properly, her eyebrows still not made – a complete contrast to Gunjan. Rachna is brought up in a very traditional and conservative manner in a middle class Banaras household. Shail's husband, Dayal, Rachna's father has laid down strict rules and regulations for Rachna. However, Gunjan has been brought up in a free and spirited environment in Mumbai, now begins to feel a little stuck in the small town of Banaras, but for Rachna, Gunjan is like a window to a world that she has neither lived or wants to experience. Thus begins the story of Gunjan and Rachna, a story of young girls who are like chalk and cheese – one is smart and suave and the other gawky and awkward. Gunjan speaks without thinking and Rachna has been taught to never question anything
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