Sanyogita a young girl is married into a Rajput family in Rajasthan India. On the way to her new home disaster strikes when her husband, Ranbir Singh is arrested by the police for an alleged murder. Time passes and Sanyogita struggles to adjust to the new household, especially her mother-in-law. If it is difficult for Sanyogita to make new adjustments, her mother-in-law in turn does not find it an easy task getting used to another personality in her own home. Moreover she holds her daughter-in-law responsible for the ill luck which has befallen her son.
At the trial court Sanyogita has her first insight into the on going feud in which her husband is actively involved. She realises that her husband is a raw and rough kind of personality. She feels lonely and a wistful melancholy mood descends on her. Bheru, is a wandering, gaduliya lohar(gypsy blacksmith) engaged by her mother-in-law to sharpen the rusty knives and make some kitchen utensils. Bheru senses the loneliness of the young girl. The fantasy of having sex with her develops in his mind. Thus he tries to make contact with her. Sanyogita in turn does not guess his intention at first. She finds in him a sympathetic worker who appears acquainted with her familial problems and with whom she can make some unpretentious small talk.But Bheru gradually gathers courage and confronts her with his emotions. Sanyogita is shocked by this raw and physical display of lust but at the same time finds her own self almost yielding to it. This upsets her and she decides to meet her husband in the police lockup and thus make a wilful effort to develop an affection towards him. In a way she senses the danger in letting her emotions take a free will. But the meeting with her husband is a disappointment and she realises that his engagement in a male world does not allow her much scope for interaction. Meanwhile Ranbir Singh and his relatives plan out a further strategy in order to get even with the thakur (landlord) whom they blame for their predicament. The thakur has been able to enlist the help of the local police inspector to arrest Ranbir Singh for the murder of his relative - Hari Singh. The physical interrogation of a witness has yielded the needed evidences for the official trial, besides the information of Ranbirs whereabouts which had been required for his arrest.
The assassination attempt on the landlord, carried out by amateurs does not succeed and the relatives come home dejected. They find their mother in a stuporous sleep obviously caused by the overdose of alcohol and request Sanyogita to prepare some tea. Sanyogita goes to the out house to collect some fire wood. Meanwhile one of the relatives comes hurriedly to the haveli and

informs the forlorn lot that the thakur and his men are on their way here. Tired, confused and frightened as they are, the men panic and without really caring for the women in the house, make a quick getaway. Unaware of this development Sanyogita enters the compound of the haveli with wood in her arms only to see the thakur and his men entering with their jeep. The men alight swiftly and run into the haveli searching for the male members of the family. Two of them catch hold of Sanyogita before she can react. The thakur comes up to her and lets the barrel of his gun run down her face and to her breast. For a moment he appears to contemplate the young and beautiful wife of his arch enemy. What would he do? Then, for some reason he turns away and moves off. The men get into their jeep and move off. Sanyogita, shocked and bewildered, runs back into the house. Bheru who is on his way to work is in time to see the jeep with the men moving off. Curious, he makes his way inside the haveli . A weeping Sanyogita now sees him, and the turbulent unrest within her, allows her emotions a free run. She hugs Bheru. It is a moment he had waited for. Passions surge.
Before leaving Bheru asks her if she would marry him. Sanyogita is amused -I am married - Is this a marriage? Bheru asks cynically. The idea of remarrying, of marrying a low caste is so frightening for her. What would her family say? What would everyone say? The mother-in-law staggers to her feet, slowly returning to her senses and she sees Bheru coming out of the women's quarters with Sanyogita at the window. Bheru notices the mother-in-law's presence and exits giving her a triumphant smile thereby. Contempt and loath are written on the mother-in-law¹s face as she now glances at Sanyogita. She has understood. For Sanyogita, in turn, the message is clear. Bheru and Sanyogita are together on a camel in the desert. She is free, free at last to do what she wants. However, she is unaware of the fact, that her husband has managed to release himself from jail and return to the haveli .