Radha earns a living begging in order to support herself and her crippled and ailing father. They live in a small tenement under the constant threat of eviction by their landlord for unpaid rent for several months. One day while begging Radha meets a young man Nirmal Chander who would like to see her improve her status by getting employment he even goes to the extent of assisting her find work in a mill. He subsequently invites her over to meet his mother and asks her to marry him to which she agrees. Nirmal also seeks the permission of her dad. When he goes to get her to make arrangements for their marriage he finds her and her dad gone. His attempts to locate her are in vain. Then after several months he finds her living in a small dilapidated hut with a young man named Mastram and a child - she calls her own - but claims that she is unmarried.