Sonbai
Subedar
Chowkidar Abu Miya
Saraswati
Mukhi
Masterji
Pandit
Villager
Maanki, factory worker
Factory worker
Mukhi's Brother
Factory owner
Sonbai's Husband (uncredited)
Early-1940s, rural British India. When a woman decides to fight against the village's despotic subedar and is supported by the guard of the local spice factory, more women join to defy the prevailing oppression.