Young Ganga is sold to a brothel in Mumbai in the garb of becoming an actor by her lover in the 1950s. She goes on to become the feared Gangubai - the Matriarch of Kamathipura - the champion of female emancipation and advocate of rights for sex workers in a chauvinist and narrow-minded society.
We see an underaged prostitute. She is dressed up, nose pierced (blood flows out) and then instructs to solicit client. We see the badly traumatised girl break down.