Chingaari is a love story, unusual and unrequited, between a Prostitute called Basanti, a priest called Bhuwan Panda and a postman called Chandan Mishra. Chingaari is a tale of rebellion against the tyranny of a powerful temple priest, played by Mithun Chakraborty. He is a sadist who terrorizes the villagers in the name of religion. Sushmita Sen plays a prostitute working in Ila Arun’s brothel. Mithun is attracted towards Sushmita and often comes to visit her. Anuj Saawhney comes to the village as the postman, and develops a soft corner for Sushmita and he rebels against Mithun’s tyranny. Now how Mithun deals with Anuj and how the villagers deal with Mithun is what the rest of the story is all about.