• Mala Sinha as Meena Khosla
• Rajendra Kumar as Mahesh Kapoor
• Nanda as Malti Rai / Malti Kapoor
• Manmohan Krishna as Abdul Rasheed
• Leela Chitnis as Gangu Dai
• Mohan Choti as Jaggu
• Jagdish Raj as Prosecuting Attorney
• Ashok Kumar as Defence Lawyer
• Amir Banu
• Master Kelly
• Sushil Kumar as Roshan
• Daisy Irani as Rames
• Narbada Shankar
• R.P. Kapoor
• Ravikant
• Uma Datt

Meena (Mala Sinha) and Mahesh (Rajendra Kumar) are madly in love with each other. One day, both of them get carried away and Meena becomes pregnant. On the other hand, Mahesh gets married to Malti Rai (Nanda), who belongs to a good family. Meena gives birth to a little boy and takes the baby to his father, Mahesh Kapoor. Mahesh disowns both of them, saying that it was his mistake.

Meena leaves the 5 month old baby boy in a dark forest, where a snake guards the baby's life. On the way back from the city, Abdul Rasheed (Manmohan Krishna) sees the child and protects him. Abdul also gets disowned by society because the baby is illegitimate and nobody knows about the parents and religion. In spite of all the odds, Abdul fights with the entire society and raises the child wholeheartedly. He names him Roshan.

On the other hand, Meena starts working as assistant to a lawyer, Ashok Kumar (Ashok Kumar). Ashok Kumar starts developing a soft spot for her. They both get married without Meena revealing her past. Mahesh is now a judge and is blessed with a baby boy. One fine day, both Meena's son Roshan (raised by Abdul) and Mahesh's son meet each other in school with their respective parents. In the presence of Mahesh, Abdul tells the principal of the school that he found Roshan in a forest 8 years ago.

In school, Roshan and judge's son become close to each other. They become the best of friends. When other kids make fun of Roshan, the judge's son supports him. One day, he takes Roshan to his home, where his mother Malti welcomes him with love and affection, but Mahesh throws the boy out of his house, saying that he is not worth our respect and love, as he is illegitimate.

After all this, Roshan gets depressed and falls into bad company. Mahesh's son tries to stop him and dies in a car accident. This leaves Roshan under more depression. He gets involved in a theft, but he is innocent. The case comes into the court of Mahesh Kapoor. Abdul goes to Ashok Kumar to fight this case, as he is a lawyer. He tells Ashok, in front of his wife Meena, as to who actually is the mother of Roshan, and that when and under what circumstances he found Roshan. She immediately recognizes Roshan as her son. She testifies in his favour, in the court. Mahesh, recognizing Meena and the son, admits his fault.

Next day, Malti tells Mahesh to go to Abdul's house and bring Roshan, since he is his son. On the other hand, Meena is ready to leave the house sneakingly, but Ashok stops her, saying that he respects her even more now. She can bring the child home. Both Meena and Mahesh go to Abdul's house to ask for Roshan. He first says no, but after that, he gives Roshan to Meena and Ashok Kumar.

All lyrics written by Sahir Ludhianvi; all music composed by N. Dutta.

The film grossed ?1 crore and was declared as a "Hit" by the box office.^[4]