The story is set in the backdrop of rural India. Thakur Bhanupratap Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) is the head of the "Sooryavansh" kinfolk, an aristocratic family in the village of Bharatpur where he is also the distinguished Sarpanch of the local Gram panchayat. Thakur Bhanupratap has 3 sons and a strained relationship with the youngest one, Heera, (Amitabh Bachchan, in a dual role) since he is illiterate. However, Heera has intense respect for his father.
One day, Sita (Soundarya), whose brother is engaged to Heera's sister, visits the house. She notices that although Heera is son of Thakur Bhanupratap Singh, he is treated as a servant in the house. She gets to know from Dharmendra (Anupam Kher) that in his childhood, Heera was a dunce and always earned very poor marks in his school examinations, to face his strict father's wrath. Heera actually did not go to school for knowledge, his sole purpose of attending school was meeting his classmate Gauri – the girl adopted by Thakur Bhanupratap after the demise of her parents. Once a teacher severely punished Gauri, and Heera, in a fit of rage, struck the teacher and bolted away along with Gauri. Heera thus became a school dropout and never continued his studies, whereas Gauri proceeded with her studies while maintaining a well-disposed relationship with Heera.
Sir Thakur Bhanupratap, being aware of the love affair of Heera and Gauri (Rachana Banerjee), arranged the marriage of the two. However, when Gauri came to know about this marriage arrangement, she attempted suicide, only to be rescued by Heera. In reality, Gauri's "love" for Heera was mendacious. She would never marry Heera, whom she considered worthless because of his illiteracy. In order to protect her righteousness in the eyes of Thakur Bhanupratap, she made Heera declare before Thakur Bhanupratap that the decision of their breakup and cancellation of their marriage was Heera's own. A docile Heera, for the sake of Gauri's happiness, did so and added to the displeasure of his father for him. Later, Heera, with tearful eyes, watched the marriage of Gauri with a well-off man and he developed antipathy for love because of the distress caused by all these happenings.
Listening to Heera's sad past from Dharmendra, a compassionate Radha acquires fascination for Heera and she exhibits indications of love for him many times, which Heera does not reciprocate to. However, a persistent Radha convinces Heera to overcome his past and they fall in love.
One day, Sita (Soundarya), whose brother is engaged to Heera's sister, visits the house. She notices that although Heera is son of Thakur Bhanupratap Singh, he is treated as a servant in the house. She gets to know from Dharmendra (Anupam Kher) that in his childhood, Heera was a dunce and always earned very poor marks in his school examinations, to face his strict father's wrath. Heera actually did not go to school for knowledge, his sole purpose of attending school was meeting his classmate Gauri – the girl adopted by Thakur Bhanupratap after the demise of her parents. Once a teacher severely punished Gauri, and Heera, in a fit of rage, struck the teacher and bolted away along with Gauri. Heera thus became a school dropout and never continued his studies, whereas Gauri proceeded with her studies while maintaining a well-disposed relationship with Heera.
Sir Thakur Bhanupratap, being aware of the love affair of Heera and Gauri (Rachana Banerjee), arranged the marriage of the two. However, when Gauri came to know about this marriage arrangement, she attempted suicide, only to be rescued by Heera. In reality, Gauri's "love" for Heera was mendacious. She would never marry Heera, whom she considered worthless because of his illiteracy. In order to protect her righteousness in the eyes of Thakur Bhanupratap, she made Heera declare before Thakur Bhanupratap that the decision of their breakup and cancellation of their marriage was Heera's own. A docile Heera, for the sake of Gauri's happiness, did so and added to the displeasure of his father for him. Later, Heera, with tearful eyes, watched the marriage of Gauri with a well-off man and he developed antipathy for love because of the distress caused by all these happenings.
Listening to Heera's sad past from Dharmendra, a compassionate Radha acquires fascination for Heera and she exhibits indications of love for him many times, which Heera does not reciprocate to. However, a persistent Radha convinces Heera to overcome his past and they fall in love.
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