The film stars Rajkumar Gupta, Abhi Bhattacharya, and Ratan Kumar in the lead roles.

Bhattacharya received the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his outstanding performance in Jagriti at the same ceremony.

[1][2] The film is about a spoiled rich kid, Ajay (Rajkumar Gupta), who is sent away to a boarding school by his uncle.

Many months later, Ajay is a changed boy who stands first in class thereby fulfilling his promise to Shekhar and Shakti.

This movie is known for its classic patriotic songs, written by one of the greatest Indian poets and lyricists of all time, Kavi Pradeep, and set to music by Hemant Kumar.

The Pakistani film Bedari had an identical plot and the songs, with replacement of some words, and music taken directly from Jagriti.

[4] Ratan Kumar (Syed Nazir Ali),[5] who had moved to Pakistan with his family, acted in Bedari also.

There was a mass uproar that caused public demonstrations against exhibition of the plagiarized film.