1983 film by Deb Mukherjee

1982 film by Basu Chatterjee

In a small village in Darjeeling, Sahuji the merchant has weaved a web of corruption in every layers of the social fabric. And he is also involved in rampant smuggling of goods across the border, and everyone from the local jeweler to the local police inspector are part of his intricate web. While the father has created a position of influence by spreading corruption, his son Kaaliram has ushered in a reign of terror. Desperate villagers make a plea to the owner of the tea garden, who calls (presumably) the higher ups in police force and they promise to send someone.

As his son, Ramesh, reaches marriageable age, Kailash sets out to find him a wife, insisting that she should be a traditional, Indian village girl.