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Synopsis: In the old walled-city of Delhi, just off the fabled Chandni Chowk, lives a once famous thumri singer Sardari Begum. She has retired and wants the tradition to continue through her daughter Sakina. One evening, a skirmish breaks out in the neighbourhood and Sardari is killed by an accidental missile. Due to the tension of the forthcoming elections, her funeral becomes a media event. A reporter Tehzeeb Abbasi is sent by the editor Mark D’Cruz to cover the funeral. She is shocked to discover that her father Jabbar Abbasi is one of the mourners and that Sardari Begum was his sister. She had been disowned by the family for learning music from a courtesan. Due to her passion for music, she had run away from home and ended up as the mistress of a local landlord and later led a tumultuous life as a successful singer. Intrigued by her aunt’s history, Tehzeeb decides to uncover more of her past and sets out to collect material by interviewing a number of people who were close to Sardari Begum. She discovers in Sardari’s checkered life a startling parallel with her own predicament. As the film ends, Sakina who had been through a period of estrangement from her mother, goes back to her singing. Tehzeeb breaks away from Mark. Life continues as it always has. But something has changed.

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