In 1840, a girl named Amiran is kidnapped from her home in Faizabad by Dilawar Khan who had been sent to jail based upon the evidence presented by Amiran's father. To take his revenge, he kidnaps Amiran and sells her to a brothel in Lucknow run by Khannum Jaan . Bua Hussaini and Maulvi Sahib adopt Amiran and treat her as their own daughter. In the company of Khurshid Bismillah, and one of the courtesan's sons, Gauhar Mirza (Puru Raajkumar), Amiran learns the art of being a courtesan, or tawaif.