Bhawani Prasad is a man whose dark life and deeds cast a shadow not only over his own immediate family who live in mortal terror of him but also across two generations of his close relatives who vow to destroy Bhawani Prashad''s lineage. Against the wishes of his family Bhawani takes his only grandson Kundan (Dilip Kumar) to rear him in his own traditions of hatred and violence. But the boy grows up to rebel against a way of life which is negative and devoid of love for humanity.