 After being framed for a theft he did not commit, young Shankar runs from the police, into his mother s arms, who passes away from shock after she witnesses the police arrest her son. Shankar escapes from the police and ends up working for Raja Babu, a criminal don. Years later, Shankar, who is now known as Shaka, still works for Raja Baba. One day Raja asks Shaka to abduct a child. Things do terribly wrong, with the child s mother dying from shock. A devastated Shaka relates this situation to his mother s passing, and surrenders to the police. He is found guilty, convicted and sentenced to prison for five years. When he saves the life of a visiting Member of Parliament, the authorities condone three years of his sentence, and he is released. He decides to go straight, avoids working with Raja, meets a young woman named Aarti, marries her, gets a job as a mechanic in a garage. But all is not well, for wherever he goes his past follows him - so much so he may no choice save to join forces with Raja again and regress to a life of crime. But will Aarti continue to live with him, or will she also compromise with the situation and join him in a life of crime?