Brash, outspoken, and aethiest Shanker lives in a small village with his son, Mohan, and his devout wife, Durga, who is expecting another child soon. Shanker and Durga are incompatible, as Shanker believes in living for the moment, and Durga believes that present actions will come back to haunt later in life. Fed up of their differences, one day Shanker leaves with Mohan abandoning a pregnant Durga. Durga gives birth to a baby boy, Ajay, and re-locates to another place where she is looked after by a Catholic priest. Shanker and Mohan take to crime in the big city, become wealthy & have a partner Keshavlal who is a gangster. Ajay Publishes called Karmayogi, a magazine with news and information about crime and criminals and does an expose on Keshavlal. Keshav kills Shanker and blames it on Ajay. When Shanker is killed, Mohan swears to avenge his father's death and starts looking for Ajay.