An epic legend about the exploits of the legendary hero Rustam - a brave warrior who is always ready to come to the aid of those who need her. The story is based on Ferdowsi's poem "Shah-Nam". The first part of the "Exploits of Rustam" dilogy, which is continued by the film "Rustam and Suhrab" (1972).

Based on the famous story from the epic Shahnameh.

A young man Bakhtiyar falls in love with a girl he saw on the TV screen.

About the struggle for the gold of the Kaniyuta cave. In the 1930s, Sokolova, a geologist, died here during excavations, and Mukhamed, a guide, killed her to preserve the secret of the cave. Decades later, he reappears in the cave as a member of the expedition under the name of Javkharia...

About a young scientist and breeder Umid Rustamov, who is working on breeding cotton varieties that are immune to diseases.

The Russian revolutionary Bashilov was exiled by the tsarist authorities to Turkestan, to the waterless Hungry steppe. Here he saw the lack of rights, poverty and humiliation of the people. The intimidated dehkans are afraid even to stand up for the little Batyr, the son of Hakim, who raised his hand against the bai. And only Bashilov stands up for the boy and adopts him.

About the fate of Hamza Hakim-zadeh Niyazi, an Uzbek poet, playwright, and public figure.

The Red Army soldier Maksud returns with a detachment of the Red Army to his native village. Maksud sees that nothing has changed in the village — just like in the old days, the bai are rampaging, oppressing the people: bek Rahmankul ordered the hanging of two dehkans who plowed the land that the Soviet government gave them. Obsessed with hatred of the new order, Rahmankul asks Sheikh Abbas to give him the treasures of the mosque to arm his gang.

A young, ambitious and self-confident girl, Zulfiya, is appointed senior assistant at the surgical clinic. She is still an inexperienced doctor, and immediately makes a number of serious mistakes. Realizing the lack of personal professionalism and the limited medical practice, Zulfiya refuses a high position and leaves as an ordinary doctor to the mountainous region of Tajikistan.

The fate of the powerless laborer Yodgor, who became an active builder of a new life in Soviet Tajikistan.