After completing his college, dark-skinned Adivasi Shekhar returns home and finds that his mother, Savli, has passed away.

Distraught, he is consoled by Father Abraham, who also tells him that his mother had an affair with wealthy Ramgarh-based Thakur Pratap Singh, who refused to marry her even after she became pregnant.

Upon arrival in Ramgarh, he finds that he has a fair-skinned look-alike half-brother, Dilip, as well as a sister, Neelu.

Once there, he finds history repeating itself as Dilip is in love with an Adivasi belle, Jhumki, but is refusing to marry her.

The film was commercially successful, the onscreen rapport between Dharmendra and Jayalalithaa received much praise.