Ranjyot, Amar and their widowed mother flee from Rampur after their friend, Karim, informs them that their village is about to be attacked by Muslim shortly after the 1948 partition of India and Pakistan. The threesome manage to survive and end up in Dharampur in Punjab. They are re-united with Karim when both brothers get married to Jeeto and Satwant. The third time Karim comes in contact with them is when he hears of Ranjyot and his son, Dalbir, go mysteriously missing during the 1983-84 reign of Sardar Bahadur Jorawar Singh, corrupt Indian politicians and police officers, and the move to instigate Sikhs against their Hindu brothers.