[11] Vidya (Shabana Azmi) is one of the senior staff members at a fair-to-middling educational institution, which has thus far functioned smoothly under the able hands of Principal Indu Shastry (Zarina Wahab).

The teachers face unpleasant surprises when the popular and considerate Indu is replaced by the ambitious and cutthroat Kamini (Divya Dutta), who aspires to upscale this middle-class school.

In solidarity, her friend and colleague Jyoti (Juhi Chawla) decides to take on Kamini and the misdirected board of trustees, led by Anmol (Aarya Babbar).

Unwillingly, the trustee, Anmol, signs a bank cheque for 5 crore rupees and apologizes to Vidya and Jyoti publicly on the TV show.

In the end, Vidya reveals that she will be handing over the money to former principal Indu to build a school where no teacher will be discriminated against and students will receive a good education for a lower cost.