Paro's speech-impaired sister Gangaa gets pregnant after she is raped by Dharamdas. Paro asks her lover Shankar to marry Ganga and give her a new life.
The story of a village's life over the course of two generations, with different conflicts, most of them revolving around caste, class, and gender, coming to the fore.
A ruthless gangster worms his way into the affections of a timber merchant. Using lies, deceit and murder he plots to usurp the place of the merchant's son, steal his inheritance and his girl.
Dr. Rekha admits a patient, Sunil, in her mental hospital and soon, he responds to the treatment and recovers. They fall in love with each other but everything is not as it seems to be.
Murder interferes with a couple's wedding night when the groom dies mysteriously. Eventually, the widow, Sumitri, finds love again, but faces obstacles from society and, possibly, the killer.
