Basanti is a brave working class teenage girl whose father Shankar is respected in the village for his honesty. Bhavani Shankar wants to force him to support his puppet candidate in the next election, but his brother, Basanti's father, supports another good man, Aftab Ahmad Khan. Bhavani Shankar's henchmen kill Basanti's father and Aftab Khan in front of the girl's eyes.