Deewaar tells the story of two impoverished brothers who grow up to follow different career paths: Vijay is a smuggler and Ravi a policeman who eventually must hunt down Vijay. The film opens with the strong leadership of trade unionist Anand Verma who works hard to enhance the lives of struggling laborers. He lives in a modest home with his wife Sumitra Devi and their two young sons Vijay and Ravi Verma. Anand however is blackmailed by a corrupt businessman who threatens to kill his family if Anand does not cease his activities. Forced into compliance Anand is thus attacked by the very same laborers who once supported him. His family is also persecuted by the angry workers who brand young Vijay`s arm with the words: `My Father Is A Thief`. Anand then runs away forcing his wife and two children into destitute poverty. Not knowing what else to do Sumitra Devi brings her children to Mumbai and struggles as a day laborer to care for her now homeless boys. Vijay the elder brother