Uma, a mute Brahmin girl, lives with her uncle's family as she is an orphan. Since Uma has a faulty horoscope which indicate widowhood, the family finds it impossible to get her married off. According to a custom prevalent at the time, Uma is given in marriage to a tree.

一位学识渊博的年轻人为什么要放弃大好前程，去做一名普通的家庭厨师？他为什么要做小偷？这个世上为什么有那么多不快乐的人，即便他们富有？人生到底什么最重要？来吧，跟我一起走进这个家庭，你或许能找到答案……