Seen from the eyes of Hukum Chand the District Magistrate it is an account of the turmoil faced by the inhabitants of village Mano Majra in Punjab on the Indo-Pak border during the period of partition after India attained independence.
A middle-aged couple want their daughter to follow in their footsteps and become a dancer.
English Missionary, Miss Beatty (Jenny Seagrove), comes to Victorian India to rescue orphan children and convert them to Christianity.