The film stars Dilip Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Durga Khote, Om Prakash and K. N. Singh.

[1] After a seven-year absence, Dr. Ram Singh returns to his village intending to sell his land and go back to the city.

Unwilling to see the peasants suffer further, Ram decides not to sell and opens a school and a hospital instead.

When the plague breaks out, the doctor saves Sushma's son and the flames of love are rekindled.

Meanwhile, her brother stirs up hostility against the pair by spreading malicious rumours which excite the superstitious villagers, leading to a trial and a watery climax.