On the day of his wedding, the life of a jailer is saved by an inmate during a prison break. Back in his cell the prisoner, Kishore, recounts his life story. He spent his childhood amidst the family of a wealthy thakur (landowner) and was treated like a son. But when the thakur died his jealous son relegated Kishore to the status of a servant. Kishore`s romance with Asha, the young thakur`s sister, earns him a beating. Rather than besmirch the family`s honour by eloping, he agrees to leave on condition that he may return when he has become worthy of Asha`s hand. He finds a job as a carnival daredevil, diving in flames from a high platform into a tank of fire.