故事发生在一个偏僻而又贫穷的村庄之中，妮塔（Supriya Choudhury 饰）出生在一个人口众多的大家庭里，妮塔的父亲读过一点书，自认为是文化人，所以不屑于外出去做那些普通的工作，一直赋闲在家。哥哥将成为歌唱家当做是毕生的志愿，整天醉心于音乐之中，完全不问世事。妹妹爱慕虚荣，整天就想着怎么打扮自己，不务正业。弟弟则个性火爆，刚刚工作没多久就因为打架斗殴受了伤，只能在家休养。
如此一来，全家人的重担都落在了妮塔的肩上，为了养活一大家子人，妮塔不得不没日没夜的外出打工赚钱，久而久之，妮塔患上了肺结核，当然，妮塔不可能有钱有时间去看病的，她的病情就这样一天天的越来越严重。

一名男子(Abhi Bhattacharya)反对他的姐姐和早年收养的孤儿(Satindra Bhattacharya)之间的爱情。

Nilambhar Chakravorty belongs to a poor family, and lives in a joint family with his married brother, Pitambar, unmarried sister, Punnu, and wife, Biraj. Since his sister is of marriageable age, he arranges her marriage, and borrows some money. When Pitambar comes to know about this, he refuses to share any expense in his sister's marriage, and decides to separate, resulting in a fence being put up between their homes. Nilambher, unable to find employment, is unable to pay back the loan, and soon both he and his wife barely have enough to live on. To complicate matters further, Deodhar, a wealthy young contractor has his eye on Biraj's beauty and would like to be intimate with her, in return for money and a better life.

A frightened second wife, a guilt-ridden widower, and a servant still devoted to her former mistress — all three tormented by the memory of a dead woman whose spirit appears to roam the corridors of the mansion they all reside in.

Mr. Gupta passes away after an accident while on duty, leaving behind his ailing wife and school-going son, Ramnath. Both await for some compensation, and when they are informed that the company does not accept liability for Gupta's death, his wife falls down the stairs. and passes out. When Ramnath goes to fetch a doctor, he is knocked down and run over by a speeding car, losing the use of his left leg. When he returns from hospital, he finds that his mom has passed away, and his landlord has evicted him. Penniless and hungry, he roams the streets of Bombay and befriends a blind young man, Mohan, and both use their talents - playing and harmonica and singing respectively to earn some money. Mohan is on the look-out for his sister, Meena, who works as a Nurse in one of the hospitals and hopes to be reunited with her. Both friends befriend a ailing young girl, Manjula, and hope to get some money from her so that Ramnath can attend school.

Ravi or "Bunnu" as he's called at home and Sandhya (Chandrakala) are childhood sweethearts despite Ravi being poor, and Sandhya being rich. Sandhya's father, who is a senior official in the Railways is posted to a distant location; Ravi and Sandhya are separated and out of contact. Many years later, Ravi has matured into a strapping young man. Not being rich or influential, Ravi finds it hard to find a job and decides to approach his friend Prakash (played by M. Rajan). Prakash is a happy-go-luck rich kid, whose family runs a large timber factory amid lush jungles, and is only too happy to hire Ravi at a generous salary (Rs.300 per month, although Ravi asks for only Rs.100).