This is a story of a man who comes to Bombay to make a living. A series of incidents put him in jail where he meets and becomes close to a gangster Bheeku Matre (Manoj Bhajpai). Once out of prison Bheeku initiates him into the gang and gives him aplace to live. Opposite this apartment Vidya (Urmila Matondkar) a struggling singer lives with her aged parents. A relationship between Satya (J.D) and Vidya develops alongside his rise in the underworld. OF the latter however Vidya is completely unaware. AS his love for Vidya grows in intensity so does the need to conceal his identity from her until he finds himself living a lie. The tension of living a double life trapped between underworld gangwars and his desperate fear for Vidya's safety jeopardised by his proximity to her makes him want ot get out of this life of crime. The events which follow this descision form the climatic sequence of the story. Satya is the story of truth as it is percieved by different eyes, where only shadow lines demarcate the good actions from bad and only the happiness and pain that follow are the reality.