Circa British Raj in India, in a small village, Bansiram has owned and maintained a plot of land donated to him by a kind-hearted Zamindar. The Zamindar passes away, and his lecherous, womanizing, and alcoholic son views this plot, and describes it as heavenly, and desires it at any price. Bansiram refuses to promote, and the Zamindar's son needs it in some way. Bansiram appeals to the British for defense, which they supply, and Bansiram is thus in a position to save his property. Shortly thereafter the Zamindar's son passes away, and his look-alike son, Devraj involves take-over the property. Devraj doesn't contemplate taking-over Bansiram's land as a precedence, and years go by. The Zamindar's soul, unable to finish it is job throughout this life-time, wonders round in anguish and ache - ready. When Devraj lastly goes to see Bansiram, he finds an aged semi-senile man...
