Aswaad tackles the eternal debate between Love Marriage and Arranged Marriage. Bharti, who had a marriage proposal from a corporate executive, decided to marry her boyfriend, a dashing Bollywood stuntman, but later regretted her decision bitterly. Now separated from her husband, Bharti discovers that her daughter Kiran has fallen in love and her past fears are revived. To protect her daughter, Bharti becomes a formidable wall between the two lovers and their romantic dreams are dashed. To take revenge on her mother, Kiran marries the now-elderly corporate executive who still loves Bharti — and with whom Bharti too had built up relationship after marriage. Now mother and daughter come face to face against each other — loving each other and equally hating too.