The story is set in the world of feudal landlords - zamindars - whose word is law for the villagers who work on their land. After the zamindar brothers who rule after the death of their parents are told by a holy man that their sister, Rajnandini will bring disgrace on them by her marriage, they set out to shield her from even being seen by men, let alone touched by any of them. A village simpleton, Rama is employed as her bodyguard. But when he saves her life, she falls in love and gets him to tie a necklace around her neck. What he doesn't realize is that it is a vermillion (mangalsutra) and that in the eyes of God they are now married. The brothers react with violence when they realize what has happened...Thus Nandini turns into a devoted wife, telling her husband that it is her duty as a wife to worship and serve him, the man who has protected her. She puts the dust from under his feet in her hair parting, and considers it an honour to fast for him and to eat the leavings from his plate. Learn what the brothers do to keep the couple seperated and to protect their darling sister from Rama?