Shyam is a wanderer boy of seventeen -- ever-happy, even though he has no parents, no earthly relations, nor even any hearth or home. He loves everything and everybody that meets his eyes.

Wandering in a big mela by the riverside, certain circumstances lead Shyam to finally join landlord Durga Babu, his wife and their fifteen year old daughter Radha to their estate. The elderly couple is very affectionate towards Shyam while in the heart of young Radha the flowers of love starts to bloom.

The naughty girl of yesterday has now turned into a loving woman, always yearning for the company of Shyam, always trying to read his thoughts, when one day Shyam expresses his longingness to move on towards the unknown, Radha by the strength of her newly-awakened love declares that she will never let him go!

This new change in the relationship between Radha and Shyam gradually draws the attention of the parents, and they plan to give their daughter in marriage to Shyam. But to Shyam the call of the unknown has by this time become so intense that he considers marriage and home-life like a permanent bondage! He silently leaves the house.

The news of Shyam s mysterious disappearance comes as a bombshell to the Zamindar s family. Radha is stunned as she hears the shocking news. She does not talk with anybody, and does not touch food or water. She remains like the Radha of mythology -- deserted and forlorn!

What happened to Shyam? Did he return to end the miseries of his devoted Radha? See the film for the breath-taking climax...