Thakur Bhupendra Singh (Amrish Puri) and his son Ajit (Kiran Kumar) are powerful landlords who oppress a helpless community of villagers. Ajit marries Laxmi (Radhika), a city girl who has come to the village to be with her brother Bheema (Amitabh Bachchan). Bheema and a feisty village belle, Gauri (Jayaprada), are in love but before they can marry, tragedy strikes. Ajit, who had abandoned Laxmi soon after their wedding returns and murders her. The law is helpless and Bheema decides to take law into his own hands.