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Manju is a lesbian woman who poses as a man and works as a car mechanic in a garage owned by wealthy industrialist
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One night after work, a prostitute hired by Dr. Abdul follows Manju near a bus halt and befriends her to obtain her personal information. On the second night, she gets to know that Manju is married to Kusum and also that she works in a garage owned by
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When the news is spread across the neighborhood, soccer player Vishal visits Kusum making her obscene gestures and provokes the neighbors to write graffiti in their apartment walls implying they are lesbians. Shocked, Kusum questions Manju when she returns home and forcefully removes her top which
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reveals a bra concealed under her tightly worn tube. The verbal insults escalate from the neighbors and Kusum runs outside in agony and betrayal but Manju comes forward naked to the crowd who becomes dumbstruck.
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