The film stars Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh and Shatrughan Sinha in lead roles.

Heera lives in a small rural town in India with his father, a Magistrate, and housewife mother.

He meets with the town's moneylender Dhaniram's daughter, Asha, both of them fall in love, and hope to get married soon.

Before that could happen, Changu's daughter is killed and the blame put on Heera.

Kalyanji Anandji composed the music and Anjaan and Indivar wrote the lyrics.