The film stars Balraj Sahni and Leela Naidu in lead roles along with Asit Sen and Mukri.

The film's music was composed by Pandit Ravi Shankar, in one of his rare forays into Hindi cinema.

Trivia This dialogue by Nasir Hussain, "beti gaana gaao, main tumhare pita samaan hun" was repeated again in the film Abhimaan.

It may be noted that the dialogue writer and director of both the films were the same; Rajinder Singh Bedi and Hrishikesh Mukherjee respectively.

Anuradha Roy (Leela Naidu), a noted radio singer, dancer and daughter of a rich man, falls in love with an idealistic doctor, Dr. Nirmal Chowdhary (Balraj Sahni).

The film music department had a rare combination, sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, with lyricist Shailendra.