Silsila is an acclaimed but financially unsuccessful Bollywood film about adultery, an issue that Bollywood films seldom deal with in any depth. The story starts with Jaya Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor as a young engaged couple who are totally blissfully happy, although she's an old-fashioned kind of a girl and a little alarmed by his love of booze and risky profession as a military fighter pilot. Meanwhile, Shashi's beloved brother Amitabh Bachchan has a Meet Cute with Rekha, and they are totally blissfully happy, so what could possibly go wrong?