The film is directed by Govind Nihalani and is based on Federico Garcia Lorca's Spanish play The House of Bernarda Alba.
Nihalani's screenplay transports Lorca's Spanish setting on to a Rajasthan village.
Rukmavati, a domineering matriarch has five daughters Savitri, Damayanti, Chandra, Mumal and Padma, all unmarried.
The domineering woman has inexorable control over her daughters placing them all in a repressive setting where they don't have any social life of their own outside their home.
The frustrated and angry daughters respond in their individual ways to their mother's cruelty leading to a tragic ending.