"INDIA, 1939. GIAN, A GANDHIAN PACIFIST, COMMITS A MURDER; DEBI-DAYAL, AN ARDENT REVOLUTIONARY, IS CAUGHT WHILE SETTING FIRE TO A BRITISH PLANE. BOTH MEN ARE SENT TO THE ANDAMANS PENAL COLONY. IN THE BEEHIVE LIFE OF THE PRISON, THEY WORK IN OPPOSITE CAMPS-PRO-BRITISH AND ANTI-BRITISH. DURING WORLD WAR II, WHEN THE JAPANESE TAKE OVER THE ISLANDS, ALL THE CONVICTS SUDDENLY FIND THEMSELVES FREE. GIAN AND DEBI MANAGE TO RETURN TO INDIA ONLY TO GET SUCKED...