Zairos is dissolute young landowner's son living in the town of Dahanu, just outside Bombay, whose life of careless luxury is disturbed by a mysterious death ; the suicide of a tribal worker on his family's estate. When shortly after Zairos falls in love with the worker's daughter, his grandfather reveals to him the story of Zairos' family and of the land that he stands to inherit. Now Zairos must deal with the violent truth his grandfather has spent a lifetime hiding.