A former theater owner and his crippled daughter live in poverty until a chance encounter with a young pickpocket brings romance for the petty criminal and daughter as well as a chance by the father to get back at the villainous new theater owner who ousted him from the business years before.

Ashok Kumar
as Shekhar/Madan

Shah Nawaz
as Inspector

Mumtaz Shanti
as Rani

V.H. Desai
as Banke

David Abraham Cheulkar
as Fence/ Pawn-shop owner

Chandraprabha
as Leela

Mehmood
as Young Shekhar

Kanu Roy
as Mohan

Haroon
as Indrajeet's Manager