In the ancient world of Rustam, a father murders his son, leading to a legendary adventure filled with fairy tales and myths.

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

Many centuries ago, the Queen of Gulmalik and its people fought off fierce attacks of the Mongols. I ended metal for arrowheads, and it went gold, a myriad of which rests Kaniyuta cave. In our time, in the 30s, during the excavations in the cave Kaniyuta killed geologist Sokolov. She killed Jawhar, a former local Bai, who did not want to solve the mystery Sokolova cave and found the gold. Later geologist Borodin is organizing a new expedition to the cave Kaniyuta, which Jawhar fall again, much older, but still hates the Soviet government.

Rustam and Suhrab is an adventurous drama based on a famous fairy tale where a father unknowingly kills his own son. Set in ancient Tajikistan, this legendary story unfolds with elements of fantasy and history.

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

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.

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.