这部电影以现实生活中的康复计划为背景，由包括前囚犯在内的多名演员出演，讲述了一个剧团通过创造性地上演一出戏剧，逃离了监禁的现实。
A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low-caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
通过杰出的人民音乐家冼星海生活历程的描写，表现了他自尊、自爱、自强不息的生活态度和奋斗精神；影片还对冼星海笔下大量著名抗战歌曲的创作和所经历的那些鲜为人知的生活细节作了真实生动的描写。
