Gangaram, a farmer, has two youthful step-brothers, Moti and Shivram. Supported by Gangaram, Moti has gone to Calcutta to be a lawyer, whereas Shivram is an illiterate farmer like Gangaram. A sequence of unlucky occasions results in an estrangement between the three brothers whereas they face the specter of shedding their land to an area grasping moneylender.