Bansiram, an old peasant had a beautiful vegetable garden which he had somehow saved from the clutches of his old zamindar. Now his grandson, chotu wanted to convert the garden into a brewery for country liquor. Pretending to be Bansiram's protector, the present zamindar drove Chotu away from the village.
He plotted to get Bansiram's plot of land, hoping that Bansiram would die soon. Chotu returned home with a beautiful wife who nursed Bansiram back to health whereas the landlord himself suffered a heart attack. How fate determines who is the owner of the land is forms the rest of the film.