Madhav lives with his widowed mother in India. His mother arranges his
marriage with a U.S. settled young woman named Laxmi, they get married,
and Madhav re-locates to the U.S. where Laxmi lives with her sister,
Reena. After sometime, Madhav invites his mom to live with them, to
which she agrees. Upon arrival in the U.S. she does not find herself
very welcome in a household run chiefly by Reena and Laxmi, who loathe
her and anything she attempts to do. Things change for the better when
Madhav's mom wins a million dollar lottery and very soon becomes
accepted by everyone in the household. But this does not last long, as
she wants to return home and does not find herself respected enough.
Her son and his family attempt to convince her to stay on, she changes
her mind and decides to stay on - only to find that she has misplaced
her winning lottery ticket - and finds herself back to square one on
the receiving end of an embittered Reena and Laxmi.