The film opens in the jungles of Ajintha, where a Captain James Smith of the British Army, accompanied with a team of tribal's, makes an important discovery – caves over two millennia old. Keen on promoting this discovery, the British decide to send a soldier, who also happens to have some skill with the paintbrush, to recreate the paintings and sculptures, so that they can be exhibited and...

The film opens in the jungles of Ajintha, where a Captain James Smith of the British Army, accompanied with a team of tribal's, makes an important discovery – caves over two millennia old. Keen on promoting this discovery, the British decide to send a soldier, who also happens to have some skill with the paintbrush, to recreate the paintings and sculptures, so that they can be exhibited and the caves popularized. Thus, Captain Robert Gill arrives with his easel and canvas to the caves of Ajintha. With the beauty of his new environment comes Paro, a tribal girl with a sad past, capturing his imagination with her innocence, becoming his muse and the source of his creativity.