Hemant, a scribe who is wrongfully sentenced to jail. He sends his children, Bulu and Runu, to stay with a family acquaintance for their safety. However, the children flee and take shelter at a stranger doctor's place. The doctor's son, Lalit, is a rebel who wants to remove injustice by force. Lalit and his wife, Sumitra, take care of the children, and when Hemant is released from jail, he recognizes Lalit's revolutionary spirit. The circumstances turn ripe for revolutionary changes, but societal apathy and passiveness thwart any such possibilities. The movie ends with a ray of hope provided by the children.