Kudrat

Chandramukhi visits the hill resort of Shimla with her parents for the first time. She senses a strange familiarity and is filled with inexplicable feelings about the place. The setting foreshadows a deeper, unseen current flowing through the story.

Chandramukhi meets Dr. Naresh Gupta, and his attraction to her becomes a topic of discussion for both families. They consider arranging a marriage between Chandramukhi and Naresh. The prospect of an alliance adds social pressure to the unfolding relationships.

Mohan Kapur travels to Shimla to meet his patron Janak Singh. Janak wishes his daughter Karuna to marry Mohan, and Mohan agrees out of gratitude, leading to an engagement between Mohan and Karuna. This alliance links the fates of several characters.

Chandramukhi dashes into Mohan and feels a strange, undeniable connection. Mohan also meets an elderly singer, Saraswati Devi, who is visibly shocked by something related to him. These encounters deepen the sense that something past and supernatural is threading their lives together.

Whenever Chandramukhi meets Mohan, she acts strangely and experiences nightmares of Madhav, Mohan's doppelganger, plunging from a cliff. Naresh senses that something is amiss and urges Mohan to help uncover the truth. The dreams foreshadow a hidden past about Paro and Madhav.

During an excursion, Chandramukhi recalls her past life as Paro and Madhav as her lover, who was wronged and murdered. The revelation links her present romance to a buried history of crime and tragedy. Naresh grows increasingly uneasy about the implications of these memories.

Naresh realizes the romance between Chandramukhi and Mohan cannot continue and steps back from their lives. His withdrawal reflects the tangled pull of a revived past and the danger it poses to everyone involved. The romantic entanglement becomes even more precarious.

With Chandramukhi's help, Mohan discovers that Saraswati Devi is Satto, Madhav's sister, and Satto confirms that Janak is the villain behind the deaths. The revelation shifts the pursuit from romance to a legal confrontation against a powerful patron. The past crimes come into sharper focus.

Mohan faces a moral dilemma after breaking off his engagement and decides to drag Janak to court for the alleged conspiracy. Karuna initially defends her father, unaware of the full truth. The trial becomes the arena where buried sins are brought to light.

The truth emerges: Janak is guilty of raping Paro and Madhav's murder. Paro's curse had warned of consequences, reframing the crime as a long-buried debt being paid. The courtroom confrontation cements Janak's culpability.

Mohan locates the mansion where Paro was murdered and meets Billi Ram, a senile mason who recalls Janak's call to patch a wall that day. The wall becomes the pivotal clue linking the past crime to the present investigation. The narrative shifts from legal drama to physical evidence.

The police tear down the wall and a skeleton is unearthed, directly tying Paro's death to Janak. Karuna rushes home, sets it on fire, and perishes inside while playing the piano. The tragedy further unmasks the consequences of the patriarch's deeds.

Shocked by the revelations and Karuna's death, Janak pleads guilty to his crimes in court and receives his sentence. The long-awaited justice brings the legal arc to a close and marks the collapse of a powerful patron's hold.

As Janak is escorted out, he has a final look at Chandramukhi, signaling the end of the past's shadow over their lives. Chandramukhi and Mohan are united at last, while Naresh departs for America, leaving the immediate web of relationships behind.

Chandramukhi and Mohan affirm their union, stepping into a future free from the past's haunting curses. Naresh's departure to America completes the circle of departures and arrivals that framed the story.