Ankur

Laxmi lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in India along with her husband Kishtaya who is a deafmute Both husband and wife work for the wealthy landlord The landlords son Surya has to cancel his studies and return home to look after the estate as well as formalize his marriage to Saroj the girl he was compelled to get married to when he was very young Shortly thereafter Kishtaya is apprehended stealing toddy from the fields is severely beaten left senseless and when he recovers he absconds leaving Laxmi alone to fend for herself