Widowed Radha lives in rural India in the 1960s, along with two sons: Bharat and Puran. While she would like to educate her sons and ensure that they lead good lives, she cannot do so on her own, and must sacrifice the career of one son so that the second can achieve this goal. Bharat sacrifices everything to educate his brother Puran. However, Puran turns into a greedy man and gets involved in drug trafficking in order to make money.

Manoj Kumar
as Bharat

Asha Parekh
as Kavita

Prem Chopra
as Puran Kumar

Pran Sikand
as Malang Chacha

Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi
as

Madan Puri
as

David Abraham Cheulkar
as

Manmohan Krishna
as

Aruna Irani
as

Sunder
as