Padmini (Jaya Seal), Girish's sister, owns a beauty parlour and knows no life outside the underworld. There are no happy endings in the life she knows. Yet, she falls in love with Karan.

National School of Drama graduate Seal was first seen in Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Uttara. The film won her raves and a National Award for the director. Chhal is her first Hindi film.