The film ends with the funeral of the soldier at the time of the India-China War and his wife becoming insane. While the soldier and his wife pass by the same spot the mother runs to uncover the corpse but Achappa stops her, hence the father never gets to see his son. When his young son becomes a casualty in another war (in 1947, against invading Pakistan) the mother buries him in the sand dunes while vultures hover overhead. The backdrop is the Second World War in which Achappa the soldier is abroad fighting. The film opens with a scene where Hitler is shown giving a speech. The movie depicts how war affects a soldier's life and his family. She does get her pearl necklace complete only to have it broken at Achappa's funeral. The title, meaning a string of pearls, stands for what Achappa promises his wife every year he buys a pearl and gives it to her with the hope that one day she can make a necklace of it.
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