Aastha: In the Prison of Spring

Mansi (Rekha) and Amar (Om Puri) have been married for years, and have a daughter by this marriage. Amar is employed full-time, while Mansi looks after the household chores and their daughter. Amar earns a steady income, which enables the family to live comfortably, but they cannot afford to be extravagant at all. One day while buying shoes for her daughter, Mansi realizes that shoes are really expensive, and wants to leave the store without purchasing them. Another woman customer named Reena (Daisy Irani) offers to pay for the shoes, as she feels sorry for Mansi.

Mansi reluctantly accepts Reenas offer to pay for the shoes, not realizing that Reena has paid for these shoes with a secret agenda that will open a new door in Mansis life dragging her to prostitution to satisfy materialistic needs.