During the reign of Akbar the Great, a young singer sets out to avenge his father's death and challenges the killer to a musical duel.
An impoverished family faces illness and financial challenges after one of them is sent to prison.
A social woman-centered film interrogating aspects of feudal patriarchy. The painter Ashok (Surendra) who loves the orphaned Vimala (Bibbo) is distressed to learn that she is due to marry Jagdish (Yakub). He paints Vimala's portraits with a frenzied obsession and becomes a famous artist. Paralleling this love story is the decline in Ashok's family fortunes.
