Mrs Flax, a single mother, shares an estranged relationship with her daughters. But things change between them when the younger daughter falls into the river and is hospitalised.
Mrs. Bakshi is looking for suitable husbands for her daughters. When the rich single gents Balraj and Darcy visit, the Bakshis have high hopes, but circumstances get in the way of romance.
Olivia and Luke, a newly-married couple, attract the attention of Francis Watts, a powerful and mysterious philanthropist. As time goes on, his interest in them turns into an obsession.