Dus Tola

Shankar Sonar lives a poor lifestyle in Sonapur along with his ailing father, Bhaskar; mother Padma; and a sister, Anju, who is of marriageable age. He is in love with Suvarnalata, the daughter of his neighbor, Pandit Daya Shastri and Lakshmi. Daya wants his daughter to live a wealthy lifestyle, does not approve of Shankar, and arranges her marriage with Dubai-based Ravi. Suvarnalata asks Shankar to make a Dus Tola necklace to give her as a gift, and this will compel her parents to get them married. Shankar is not convinced as the family gold is being held over for Anju's marriage. She convinces him that after the marriage, the gold will his anyway, so he agrees to this scheme, prepares the necklace and gifts it to her when they are alone. Shortly thereafter Shankar's life will be turned upside down when Daya will convince his daughter that the necklace was presented as a brotherly gift, arranges her marriage with Ravi, and refuses to permit Shankar to meet with her. When the Sarpanch and other villagers hear about this, they gather together and instruct Daya to let his daughter speak for herself. To Shankar's shock she denies ever having accepted this necklace nor made any commitment to marry him. After this shocking denial and the loss of the family gold - what options are open for Shankar?