这部电影以表现主义的眼光看待了社会上富人与穷人之间的鸿沟。 本片聚焦一个富裕和宽裕的房东萨尔卡（Rafi Peer），他住在一座高山上的豪华庄园里，而贫民们在下面的山谷中辛苦劳作、忍饥挨饿。 “新加纳加尔”（印地语直译为“低镇”）港口的村民憎恨萨尔卡，他们的仇恨更是因为萨尔卡计划将所有的污水引导到村里，以便为他的住房项目做准备。 村民抗议这一举措，他们的头，巴尔拉杰（Rafiq安华）领导一个反对萨尔卡的计划的运动。 萨尔卡的女儿玛雅（Uma Anand）加入了与她父亲的运动，爱上了巴尔拉杰。 随着污水流经村庄，疫情开始蔓延，村民的生活受到威胁。 “新加纳加尔”的穷人能否幸免于富人的贪婪和邪恶？ 萨卡尔和他的恶意方式可以结束吗？
本片是印度电影社会现实主义的先锋力量，为许多其他导演的类似的影片铺平了道路，当中许多是由Khwaja Ahmad Abbas撰写。

Nilambhar Chakravorty belongs to a poor family, and lives in a joint family with his married brother, Pitambar, unmarried sister, Punnu, and wife, Biraj. Since his sister is of marriageable age, he arranges her marriage, and borrows some money. When Pitambar comes to know about this, he refuses to share any expense in his sister's marriage, and decides to separate, resulting in a fence being put up between their homes. Nilambher, unable to find employment, is unable to pay back the loan, and soon both he and his wife barely have enough to live on. To complicate matters further, Deodhar, a wealthy young contractor has his eye on Biraj's beauty and would like to be intimate with her, in return for money and a better life.

Bharat is a patriotic Indian who's father was an Independence fighter. He goes to London and is disappointed to see that the NRI's staying there criticized everything Indian and were wasting their life away. Prithi (Siara Banu) is one such NRI who falls in love with Bharat but refuses to go back to India with him.

一名歌手寻找她素未谋面的父亲，而在此过程中却因贩毒而入狱。此时一名追求她很久却一直被拒绝的骗子出人意料地向她伸出了援手。

After his father's retirement, the onus is on Bharat to look after his Delhi-based family. He has two younger college-going brothers, Deepak and Vijay, and a sister of marriage age, Radha. Bharat is a graduate, but is unable to secure any employment, much to the frustration of his girlfriend, Sheetal. Vijay takes step to secure his own future, by turning to crime, which is strongly opposed by Bharat, and as a result Vijay leaves the house. Mohan is Sheetal's boss, and finds her very attractive. When he proposes marriage, she accepts, and soon both are married. This leaves Bharat devastated, unable to deal with life, and unable to afford the basic needs of Roti (food), Kapada (clothing), and Makaan (shelter), he must now decide to carry on honestly, or otherwise