Heera lives in a small rural town in India with his father, a Magistrate, and a housewife mother. He meets with the town's moneylender Dhaniram's daughter, Asha, both of them fall in love, and hope to get married soon.

However, just before the marriage, Heera is charged with the death of a young girl in the village. He is subsequently held guilty and sentenced to death. Heera then escapes from prison, goes to the infamous ravines of Chambal and becomes a bandit, who is cold-hearted, ruthless, and doesn't hesitate to kill anyone.

Heera now makes it his mission to try and level scores with the person who destroyed his life.