It stars Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Rekha, Raj Kiran, Poonam Dhillon in lead roles.

The film was remade in Telugu as Thodu Needa (1983), in Tamil as Kanmaniye Pesu (1986) and in Kannada as Suvvi Suvvalaali (1998).

Purnima and Balraj Kohli are a happily married middle-aged couple, living in a rich neighborhood of Pune.

When the newly married Purnima had lost her husband in an accident, a shocked Sharada fell down the stairs, damaging her head.

As Sharada heads home, alerted by the doctor, Purnima arranges everything to look like it was 14 years ago, making herself up like a widow, and sending Babbu to stay with Sarita.