But the English colonizers represented by the woman-beating Lord Cavendish (Carl Wharton) have different plans. Divide and rule, collect taxes, burn the crop and grow opium and let the natives starve. By and by, Haider sees the evil ways of the foreign oppressors and, propelled by his love for Noor and the discovery of his past, becomes a jaanisaar (one who sacrifices his life for a purpose). While this might sound plausible, the narrative jumps around in such an incoherent way that it takes the best part of 2 hours before one comprehends the plot.