British India, 1936. On a cold, wet night, Ratan, a wandering law-college dropout, is called to pick up his employer, Sara Davenport, from a party at the Governor's residence. As he arrives, he sees a figure running through the trees in the dark. The next second, he spots Sara in the thicket, just as she stumbles and falls. He rushes to her, but she dies in his arms. Her throat has been slashed. Sara was his employer, his lover, his friend, and now...