Giribala explores the life of a neglected wife who finds liberation and success through the world of theatre. Based on a Rabindranath Tagore short story, the film follows Giribala as she navigates a loveless marriage and ultimately transforms her life by embracing her talents. A powerful story of female empowerment and societal critique.

Hero Kishenprasad is an upright engineer with a large family, including his wife Lakshmi, mother Valibai, sister Asha and son Bachoo. He gambles away his happiness and is about to be jailed for embezzlement when he is saved by an honest fellow employee, Hamid, who takes the blame. The villains are his secretary Kassum and Sukhlal, a rich man who wants to marry Asha. When his advances are spurned, he alleges that he had an affair with Kisheprasad's wife, Lakshmi.