[1] The film stars Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh, Nirupa Roy, Nazir Hussain in pivotal roles.

Manorama (Nirupa Roy) comes to Lucknow along with her infant daughter after the death of her husband Shyamlal (Krishan Dhawan), searching for her maternal uncle.

Desperate to save her, Manorama leaves her at the gate of a wealthy man, Seth Jagatnarayan Chaudhary (Nazir Hussain).

Jagatnarayan moves to Bombay to start a new life and to hide the fact that Sarita wasn't his biological daughter.

Sarita (Asha Parekh) grows up to be a beautiful, intelligent and carefree young girl under the care of her father and nanny.

The song "Itna Na Mujhse Tu Pyaar Badha" is based on Mozart's 40th symphony.