Harwant Kaur and her husband get cheated out of their land by tyrannical and oppressive Zamindar Sardar Jwala Singh. Her husband leaves, and she has to bring up two sons, Jaswant and Gurdeep, on her own. Years later, hoping to avenge the humiliation, she instead must deal with the fact that Jaswant loves Kulwant Kaur; while Gurdeep has befriended abusive and alcoholic Rathore - who are both Jwala's children.