Munshi Premchand penned phenomenal works during his lifetime. In Gaban, Premchand focused on highlighting class and gender issues. Ramanath's wife Jaalpa's fondness for trinkets makes her demand a ' chandrahaar' from her husband. Ramanath belongs to the middle class but in front of his wife, he displays himself as a wealthy man. In order to get the trinket Jaalpa wants, he commits a theft. What will happen to Ramanath? Will he be caught and imprisoned? Or will he manage to flee from the law?