 Young Shankar lives in a small town with his mother, father, and sister, Shanti. Shankar likes to participate and pray in the nearby temple, and also sing bhajans. On one occasion, the Deity Bhagwan Shri Kishan was being covered by expensive jewelery and ornaments. This was the day that Shankar s dad was seriously ill and unable to walk. So when the prayers ended, Shankar carried the Bhagwan Kishan so his father can get the blessings. His father had overheard that someone was going to steal the jewelery, but before father and son could do anything, the local Zamindar young Tiger and his men accused them of stealing the jewelery-laden Deity, and killed Shankar s father. Shankar s pleas that they were innocent were all in vain. Their hut is burnt down together with his mother and sister in it. After the funeral rites, Shankar breaks into Tiger s house and stabs him in the left eye, partially blinding him, and runs away. Tiger grows up and uses one glass eye. Meanwhile, Shankar has become an atheist, and has taken to a life of crime. Years later, Tiger and Shankar will meet again, both will be unaware of each other. Tiger will be an underworld gangster, still looking for the man who blinded him, and Shankar a career thief and atheist, who is looking for a man with one glass eye. Both are certain of one thing only - that only one will survive their next encounter.