Family is a movie entirely based on the battle between two families who don't even know each other yet they are entangled by fate. When tragedy strikes and then becomes fuelled by revenge, both families will come face to face, sparking an inferno, which is all consuming and destroys everything that comes in its path.
Viren Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan) is a suave, sophisticated and ruthless gangster. Without money, power and success, he feels life is worthless. Later he realizes that life is nothing if you don't have a family.
Sharda (Shernaz Patel) is sweet, simple and an unlikely wife for Viren. She has known all along that one day her family would have to pay for her husband's sins and now the prophecy has come true. What extent will she go to in order to protect her family? Adamant in her convictions of what is right and wrong, she vows never to forgive the guilty, even if the guilty party is Viren.