In a small town outside Calcutta, a young man named Ravi toils in a textile plant, working hard to save up and buy his freedom. When he falls in love with a naive young woman named Masha, who was sold into service by her debt-ridden father, he decides to spend his savings on her release. Years pass, and Ravi becomes a skilled and successful carpet trader, but he's unable to find Masha, who has become a star in a brothel. Will their true love ever reunite?
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A desperate young laborer in a Calcutta textile plant yearns to break free from his monotonous existence and earn enough to buy his way out of servitude.