Maya has her first sexual experience with Raj, but unknown to both, Tara's brother, Prince 'Viki', hides and watches the two of them together. Maya decides to take revenge when she chances on Raj sleeping alone, before he has completed the marriage rites with Tara. Noticing this, Tara spits in Maya's face, sending her from the wedding in tears. When the prince comes to view his future wife, he is instantly infatuated with Maya instead. As the girls approach marriageable age, Tara resents that Maya is a better classical dancer than she is, and that her parents and hunchback brother, Prince Bikram (aka 'Viki') show affection for her servant.Tara is prepared to marry Prince Raj Singh (Naveen Andrews), and Maya is forced into the role of the inferior servant at their wedding festival. The two girls are best friends, but an undercurrent of jealousy and resentment is caused by Tara's haughtiness, symbolized by the fact that Maya is given Tara's hand-me-down clothes and never anything new to wear. Tara (Sarita Choudhury) is an upper-caste princess while Maya (Indira Varma) is her beautiful servant. Set in 16th century India, this movie depicts the story of two girls who were raised together, though they came from different social classes.
