The story of Sukhadi, a twelve-year-old Adivasi girl who makes a daily trip to a sleepy railway station to fetch water. This banal activity is transformed into an adventure by her chance meeting with Zainaab, a beautiful and mysterious, thirteen-year-old gypsy girl. Zainaab challenges Sukhadi to jump on to the old-fashioned narrow gauge train that takes holiday makers to Matheran on top of the mountain.

Shabana Shaikh
as Sukhadi

Nadira Irani
as Zainaab

Sanjay Narvekar
as Ramesh

Nagi Bai
as Old Woman

Chandrika Shah
as Gujarati Woman 1

Leela Zariwalla
as Gujarati Woman 2

Bomi Kapadia
as Parsi Father

Delna Patel
as Parsi Daughter

Viraj Raje
as Honeymoon Husband

Asita Joshi
as Honeymoon Wife