Entering an apartment block in search of a drink of water, a naive peasant finds himself mistaken for a thief and is chased by the residents. Whilst evading capture, he inadvertently exposes the venality and dishonesty of the building's middle class occupants.

Genres

Cast

Raj Kapoor

Peasant

Nargis

Temple Singer

Pradeep Kumar

Pradeep

Motilal

Singing Drunk

Sumitra Devi

Singing Drunk's Wife

Pran Sikand

Reporter

Smriti Biswas

Sati

Sulochana Chatterjee

Meenu

Pahadi Sanyal

Shashan

Daisy Irani

Tenant's Daughter

Nemo

Ramnarayan 'Rambabu' Malik

Iftekhar

Chandu