Popularly known by the name of the main character, "Mashadi Ibad" was based on a musical comedy by composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov and written in the early 1900s. The story is based on the age old-theme of a beautiful young woman Gulnaz who falls in love with a young man Sarvar but is obliged to marry someone else.
The movie is about relations between mother and her daughter-in-law.
The heroic Koroghlu is a poor youngster who leads a peasants' revolt against the tyrannic Khan.
