[2] The cast of the film included K. L. Saigal, Uma Shashi, Prithviraj Kapoor, Husnbanu, Pahari Sanyal and Nemo.

[4] The film was based on a Bengali folktale and involves the dacoit Mansoor (K. L. Saigal) and his love first for Paribanu (Husn Banu), and then for Meher (Uma Sashi), and ultimately the rejection of his way of life.

His escapades bring him notoriety and Mansoor moves to a new place where he stays as a guest at the merchant Ali's house.

On learning that Husn Pari is to be married off by her brother, Mansoor becomes enraged.

T. M. Ramachandran called it "essentially a cameraman's (Nitin Bose) film" whose visuals evoked "more telling effects" than words could.