The film is a social drama, with its plot around university professor Dr. Kumar (Ashok Kumar), who lives with his wife Padma (Bhanumati), his drunkard son Jyoti (Raaj Kumar), outgoing daughter Chitra (Tanuja) and his friend's daughter Rekha (Mala Sinha). Dr. Kumar and his wife have a different outlook towards life, with him preferring books and philosophy, while his wife Padma prefers social gatherings and society clubs. Padma never considered Jyoti her son, who works as a mill designer, a profession she considers too poor to acknowledge. Chitra is encouraged by her mother to mingle freely in high society, much to the disappointment of her worried father.

Cast

Ashok Kumar

Professor Kumar (as Padmashree Ashok Kumar)

Mala Sinha

Rekha

Biswajeet Chatterjee

Prakash

Raaj Kumar

Jyoti Kumar

Bhanumathi

Padma, Professor Kumar's wife

Tanuja Samarth

Chitra Kumar, Professor Kumar's daughter

Sulochana Latkar

Prakash's mother and Professor Kumar's first wife

Asit Sen

Moti, Jyoti's friend at mill

Anwar Hussain

Ramzan, Jyoti's rickshaw-puller friend

Pahadi Sanyal

Shachin Sailesh Kumar

Ramesh Nath

Chaman Puri

Principal