The movie is derived from a traditional folks story, initially narrated by Vijaydan Detha, and interpreted as folks play by Habib Tanvir. The movie charts the tumultuous lifetime of a petty thief, Charandas (Lalu Ram). Curiously he's a person of rules – an sincere thief with a robust sense of integrity {and professional} effectivity. He makes 4 vows to his Guru, that he would by no means eat in a gold plate, by no means lead a procession that's in his honour, by no means change into a king and by no means marry a princess, pondering all of them are far out potentialities for him. Later, his guru provides a fifth one - by no means to inform a lie and units him of on his life's journey which leads him to a kingdom..
