This film is known for songs, "Hum Intezaar Karenge Tera Qayamat Tak", sung by Mohammad Rafi and Asha Bhosle and "Duniya Kare Sawaal" by Lata Mangeshkar.

[1] The film is a Muslim period drama set in the erstwhile Era of Lucknow woven around a mythical story of Bahu Begum's manor.

The film is set in Lucknow, where widower Nawab Mirza Sultan lives with his daughter Zeenat Jahan in an old mansion, and he no longer has much wealth.

Devastated she runs away to the nearby dargah, but trips and faints in front of a horse carriage being ridden by a courtesan (tawaif), returning from her late night function.

When Zeenat arrives, Sikandar Mirza and Suraiya are pleasantly surprised to see that the real bride or the Bahu Begum has finally come to her destination.

But Zeenat tells Sikandar Mirza that when the Nikah was being performed by the Qaazi (Muslim priest), she was not present and she had not given her consent for the marriage and therefore, she is not his wife as per the law and their religion.

Zeenat tells him that though her marriage was not properly executed and therefore she is unmarried in the eyes of the law and the religion, he should forget her as she will never compromise with the honour of Sikandar for the sake of her own happiness.