The film is set in 1957, the present day at the time of the shooting. When construction of an irrigation canal to the village is completed, Radha (Nargis), considered to be the 'mother' of the village, is asked to inaugurate the canal. She remembers her past when she was newly married.
April 22, 1934 in Sheikhpura, India
July 20, 1929 in Sialkot, Punjab, British India
October 8, 1926 in Loralai, Baluchistan, British India
28 December 1951, Bombay, India
June 1, 1929 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
January 5, 1922 in Alibag, Bombay Presidency, British India
June 6, 1929 in Jhelum, Punjab, British India (present-day Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan)
1905 in Bombay, India
November 8, 1920 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India

