An honest temple priest takes on more than he can handle when he bearswitness to a murder and gives
evidence in a court of law against apowerful landlord in his
village. The landlord bribes his way to freedom andengineers a ploy to ruin the priests reputation
and his status among hispeers in the village. Ashamed of his
tarnished reputation the priest commitssuicide|and leaves his wife and young children to face the
atrocities ofthe evil landlord. The son flees the village and
travels to Mumbai to make alife| but returns years later to avenge the shame caused to his family.