The Kapoor family consists of Kishorilal, his wife Lajjo, son, Prakash, and daughter, Geeta. Kishorilal and Geeta toil hard to ensure that Prakash gets a good education so that he can study in America, return home, and repay the loans that the family has taken. Prakash does get to complete his studies, he also travels to America, upgrades, and returns home to be employed as Kishorilal's boss. Then Prakash gets married to Reena, who comes from a wealthy family, and moves in with them. Geeta confides in Reena that she has met a young man by the name of Ranjit, both are in love and want to get married. The entire family is overjoyed, but their joys are short-lived when Ranjit's dad, Mayadas, asks him to get married to the daughter of a wealthy man, when he refuses, he is asked to leave.

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Cast

Shashi Kapoor

Ranjit

Hema Malini

Geeta K. Kapoor

Ashok Kumar

Kishorilal Kapoor

Nirupa Roy

Lajjo K. Kapoor

Premnath Malhotra

Bajrang Bahadur

Aruna Irani

Reena P. Kapoor

Helen

Rita

Asrani

Jumani

Sujit Kumar

Prakash K. Kapoor

Madan Puri

Mayadas

Kumari Naaz

Sheela Jumani

Dulari

Mayadas's maidservant