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Mhanedra Mukhopadhaya ( Uttam Kumar ) is a descendant of a musician family. One of his forefathers was cursed by his guru that anyone in his family who would practice music will either die prematurely or be disabled because he insulted the guru by not accepting him as the guru. Mahendra's elder brother Devendra ( Pahadi Sanyal ) was blinded by the curse and he vowed not to practice music and obtained commitment from Mahendra that he will also not practice music. Because of extreme poverty Devendra sends Mahendra to Calcutta to His friend ( Kamal Mitra ) to help Mahendra get a job and earn money to help the family. His daughter Madhuri ( Suchitra Sen ) takes care of Mahendra and polishes him for the high society including the table manners. Madhuri finds Mahendra's musical talent and promises him to help build a career in music and when learns about the curse she assures Mahendra that she does not believe it and will do everything possible to get rid of that curse from him and his family. Finding a job was difficult in those days and Mahendra had to settle for singing to earn a living knowing about the curse and gradually establishes himself as a notable singer and starts making good money. Watch what happens when the curse still falls upon the family Mahendra is saved from his grave illness by Madhuri......

Kundan ( Ashok Kumar ) is a medical student but just before getting the degree he got implicated in a murder charge and cannot finish his degree and takes the wrong path of crime. His neighbor and child hood friend Shanti ( Meena Kumari ) who Kundan grew up with was married to Kundan at the behest of her mother but they got separated after Kundan took the path of crime. Eventually, Kundan took the job of a taxi driver and befriended a bunch of hoods and continued with his criminal activities. In one of the trips in train he meets with a so called Swasmiji ( Bipin Gupta) who also is also involved in criminal activities. At the end of their train trip they met with a very severe rainstorm and Swamilji got trapped under a fallen tree. Kundan rescues him and takes to a nearby ashram where Kundan takes the role of the Swamiji and keeps injured swami in his room. Here Kundan meets with Meena Kumari who also works in the ashram and accidentally Meena Kumari identifies Ashok Kumar as her child hood husband from a cut in his hand which was inflicted by Meena Kumari. The story moves with various incidents and see for yourself the happy ending when Kundan and Shanti gets together again.