An impoverished man and his young son travel to Calcutta and look for work, in order to make money that'll save their ancestral land from being seized by a corporation.
Two orphans are forced by their abusive aunt to beg in the streets of Bombay. They take up shining shoes but are separated from each other.
During the reign of Akbar the Great, a young singer sets out to avenge his father's death and challenges the killer to a musical duel.