Arguing for communal harmony and filial piety the film tells of Madhumal Dave a rich zamindar his beloved son Shashibhushan Yusuf his loving daughter Ammapurna Mani and his adopted son Madhav Chichenkar When Madhumal picks up a wounded child swathed in bandages a title says nay Hindus and Mohammedans are but the children of one loving father God In close up Madhumal is shown donating equally to the Aligarh Muslim and Benares Hindu universities In contrast his dissolute son Shashibhushan falls into the clutches of the villain Gadbaddas and the courtesan Nurjeha