Raju Bernad

The film follows a scrappy taxi driver's fortunes as he tries to break out from the clutches of poverty, devising plans and investing all his money in a dubious schemes which eventually blow out on him, coming under the eye of unscrupulous politician and local goons, yet he still perseveres for his dreams.

Devant une somme de 500 roupies à sa mère, Krishna, un jeune garçon, travaille dans un cirque ambulant. Cependant, les forains sont partis sans lui ; il se retrouve alors à Bombay, où il devient porteur de thé et en hérite le nom : "Chaipu".