Jagirdar Bishamber Nath a wealthy man disowns his son, police inspector Amar Nath for marrying against his wishes. In the course of his duties Amar sends a notorious criminal Pinto to jail. In due course, Pinto escapes from prison and begins a vendetta which results in several deaths, children being separated from parents and the loyalty of a family driver which saves Jyoti. As the children grow up there is a peek behind the scenes of movieland in Bombay, abductions, being loved, unrequited love, broken childhood engagement, success in stardom, suicide and failure. Does Amar's daughter Jyoti find her true love? Is wealthy Bishamber Nath destined to a lonely old age?

Cast

Agha

Khan Pathan

Raj Babbar

Prabhat Kumar

Bob Christo

Rustom

Dharmendra

Deepak Kumar

Rishi Kapoor

Himself in the song 'Kya Naam Hai Tera'

Kader Khan

Deshbandhu Jagannath / Pinto / Abdul Karim

Om Prakash

Jagirdar Bishambharnath

Danny Denzongpa

Himself

Anita Raj

Jyoti Nath / Rani

Reena Roy

Sandhya

Vinod Mehra

Police Inspector Amar Nath

Sushma Seth

Sandhya's Fake Mother

Rajeev Anand

Raman Jagannath