Ramdas, a poor noble soul rears up the only daughter of his dead master away from his own home so that she may not fall into the clutches of her treacherous uncle, Bahadur Singh.

Baby Radha grows up to be a beautiful girl and falls in love with the poet Madan, who happens to visit her village.

"[2] Cineplot concluded: "Armaan makes for pleasurable entertainment despite its lack of logical cohesion due to the haphazard development of the key roles and the illogical actions of the characters.

"[2] Thought was critical of the film's storyline, calling it a "sentimentalized rehash of a mediocre story", and Anand's performance, saying that he possesses "limited acting skills".

[1] At the end of its theatrical run, Armaan grossed ₹2.9 million at the box office to emerge as the ninth most successful film of 1953.