A literary film based on a play in three acts, Ashad Ka Ek Din portrays the love of Mallika and Kalidasa, the renowned Sanskrit poet and dramatist. Vilom, a friend to both and interested in Mallika, is a passive onlooker for the first two acts. Kalidasa leaves his verdant mountain valley home for the splendour of far off Ujjain, where he wins fame. The action of the film is rooted in the village to which Kalidasa returns years later and finds Mallika married to Vilom and the mother of his child. Mallika sacrificed her love so that the poet could pursue his muse.

A ruthless gangster named Don is killed during a scuffle with the police. Since only DSP D'Silva knows of this incident, he recruits Vijay, who is a spitting image of Don, to replace the original Don and infiltrate his gang. D'Silva plans to nab the entire gang, but when he dies during a raid, the secret that Vijay is not Don is also buried with him.

The semi-autobiographical film was written by Mahesh Bhatt about his extramarital relationship with actress Parveen Babi.

印度孟买的罗士通饭馆来了个醉汉，因为无钱付帐，他将一张彩票作抵押卖给了服务员纳姆德、杰吉、拉古、达姆。这张合买的彩票中奖，随之而来的是杰吉被杀，纳姆德遭陷害，达姆和拉古发了财，合伙办起了一家高级饭店。达姆的儿子维基在国外爱上了一个叫阿夏的姑娘，她正是杰吉的女儿，著名的歌唱家。阿夏回国后，遭流氓拦劫，被纳姆德的儿子琼尼救下，二人相爱了。维基回国后对阿夏痴心不改，琼尼不忍，决心牺牲自己的爱情，而终被阿夏识破，二人终成眷属。曾遭拉古和达姆陷害的纳姆德被一姓段的毒品贩救起并带到香港，后为段办事回到印度，并想借此洗清自己的罪名。这引起了拉古父子的不安，他们策划要将纳姆德父子、达姆父子都斩尽杀绝。经过一场激烈的搏斗，正义最终战胜了邪恶。

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