Uma, a mute Brahmin girl, lives with her uncle's family as she is an orphan. Since Uma has a faulty horoscope which indicate widowhood, the family finds it impossible to get her married off. According to a custom prevalent at the time, Uma is given in marriage to a tree.

Shabana Azmi
Uma

Arun Bannerjee
Nabin, school teacher

Kali Bannerjee
Ganga Charan

Pradip Mukherjee
Hari Charan

Arindam Ganguly
Kali Charan

Shakuntala Barua
Sabitri

Ratna Ghoshal
Nabin's wife

Ketaki Dutta
Ganga Charan's widow
Menaka Das
Ajit Banerjee
Bimal Deb

Monu Mukherjee
Mr. Dutta
Deepankar Raha
Balai Mukhopadhyay
Mithu Chattopadhyay