Shaayad(perhaps) tells the story of mainly three characters - Dr. Raakesh(Vijayendra), his ex-flame Sudha(Neeta Mehta) and her ailing husband Saroj Kumar(Nasiruddin Shah). Raakesh and Sudha could not marry because of their families not being ready for their union. Following bachelorhood since then, Raakesh suddenly comes across Sudha again after a few years who is now the wife of Saroj Kumar and the mother of his little daughter(Baby Manisha). Raakesh has never been able to let Sudha out of his heart during all these years but Sudha has completely devoted herself to her husband and her married life only, disassociating her heart from her past.In a medical examination of Saroj Kumar done by Raakesh, he is diagnosed to be suffering from cancer which has reached the terminal stage. Now Saroj Kumar, a poet as well as a story-writer starts feeling that he's not doing justice to his loving wife Sudha and has become a burden for her. He also smells that his doctor - Raakesh has been her beau