A greedy wife sells her husband to a wealthy woman but soon realizes that, with a luxurious life, she must pay a heavy price.
Rajesh Khanna plays Mumtaz's jealous husband who begins to doubt her fidelity when his best friend Sanjeev Kumar enters their lives. She is unable to convince Rajesh Khanna that she loves only him. He leaves her, not knowing that she is pregnant with his child. Depressed and confused, Rajesh Khanna becomes a homeless wanderer, while Mumtaz remarries to provide a secure home for her child. Many years later, the truth dawns on him as he turns up, a broken man, at his own daughter's wedding.
Orphaned Raju, in the company of four elephants, has to perform with them at street corners, in order to survive. Slowly he amasses a fortune, and is able to build his own private zoo, housing tigers, lions, bears, and of course the four elephants. His wife, however, fears for her child and tells him that he must choose between the animals and his family.
