Following the life of ambitious Gurukanth Desai on his rise to power as a successful business magnate in late 50s India. Through chance and cunning, Guru marries the beautiful Sujata for her dowry, only later to discover he really does love her. Desai becomes a big-time player but his business methods leave much to be desired, and soon newspaper tycoon Gupta, an upright and principled man, is determined to destroy Desai.
