He finally is left with no other option than to request Mejuben to make a few vats of Gur for him to sell. It is almost the end of the Gur season, and Moti does not make good profit that year. He is honest with her to say that he has small children and wants Mejuben look after them. Meanwhile a fish trader(Majhi) asked Mejuben to marry him. Phulbanu is terrible at making Gur, and Moti's customers stop buying from his shop. Satisfied with the meher,he marries off his daughter(Phoolbanu) to Moti. Moti meets Phoolbanu's father and asks again for his daughter's hand. This incident shocks Mejuben and people of the community. At the end of the season, Moti saves enough for the meher, and divorces Mejuben. Mejuben, unaware of Moti's ulterior motive, is first surprised by the proposal but later accepts it. Moti decides to get married to Mejuben so that he does not have to pay her, and hence can save more and sooner. Her Gur (and consequently Moti's) is very famous and people always prefer to buy from Moti. Mejuben (Nutan) a widow who is Moti's business associate prepares the Gur for him to sell. Moti approaches PhoolBanu's father, who asks for mehar(Dowry) which he does not have. During the off season, he meets a girl Phoolbanu, and falls in love with her. Moti (Amitabh Bachchan) is a "gur" (unrefined concentrated cane sugar) trader who trades in the seasonal Gur made of Khajur" (date-nectar).