Rajmata's grand-daughter, Ratna, has been missing since the age of 12. Ten years later the Rajmata still has her people looking for her, and celebrates her birthday every year. Rajkumar Singh and Diwan Gajendra Singh conspire to hoodwink the Rajmata by getting an imposter to take her place, and they succeed in doing so with the help of a street dancer named Shanno. Rajmata is delighted to have her darling back with her, and prepares to hand over the crown as well as the keys to a vaste treasu ...[Read Story ]
The film was partly shot on location at Auschwitz concentration camp. The film is based on director Wanda Jakubowska's personal expierences as a prisoner at Auschwitz. She claimed that what helped her to survive Auschwitz was constantly thinking about the documentation of her experiences.