The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Nirupa Roy, Nazima, Asit Sen and Deb Mukherjee.

The music composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal includes the song "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar, besides the hit Lata Mangeshkar solo "O Ghata Sanwari".

[1] A chance meeting between an Assistant Scientist, Shekar, and an established stage dancer and singer, Anjana, results in love.

While Shekar has a mother who lives separately, Anjana has been orphaned at an early age.

Anjana stops her involvement in dancing and singing, and both spent the next several months in relative harmony.