Intrigue

Acquitted for killing his wealthy wife, a male re-locates, changes his name, re-marries another wealthy woman, and then becomes a suspect when attempts are made to kill her also.

At first, beautiful, wealthy Sapna is annoyed with her new neighbor Gopal, whom she believes is following her. Nevertheless, Sapna eventually falls for Gopal's charms. Although her brother Pran wants her to marry Prem, Sapna and Gopal are wed. While they are honeymooning, an attempt is made on Sapna's life. Soon she learns that Gopal's real name is Deepak and that he was previously accused of murdering his first wife, but he was acquitted when there wasn't enough evidence to convict him. With each passing hour, Sapna becomes more terrified that she will be Gopal's next victim.—L. Hamre

Deepak Verma is arrested for killing his wealthy wife Vimla and tried in the courts, but given the benefit of double and acquitted. He re-locates to live in Bandra, Bombay; changes his name to Gopal Mittal, rather dramatically and successfully woos and marries his wealthy neighbor, Sapna Mathur, despite of threats to kill her from her very own brother Pran, and boyfriend Prem Malhotra. The duo break off relations with Pran, and travel to Kashmir for their honey-moon. This is where Sapna's world will be turned upside when someone tries to kill her, and not only she, but also the police, suspect that the person could be Gopal himself.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Deepak (Shashi Kapoor) stands trial for the murder of his wealthy wife Vimala. But he is acquitted due to lack of any concrete evidence. All the lawyers and the police believe that Deepak is the one who murdered his wife and was lucky to be acquitted. Vimla's brother Jeeva (Karan Dewan) disowns Deepak and cuts all ties with him.

Deepak takes possession of his wife's wealth and moves to Bombay and starts a new life under the name Gopal. Gopal buys a new bungalow in Bombay and settles down into his new life. He tells his staff at the bungalow that he is a bachelor. Sapna (Sharmila Tagore) is his rich next-door neighbor. Sapna is dating Prem. Gopal is shown to have a photo of Sapna before he moved into the bungalow next door to her. Gopal starts showing up in all the places that Sapna goes to. He runs into her at the disco, when she was dancing with Prem. Sapna feels that Gopal is stalking her, but he simply says that he stays next door to her.

Gopal hires Subodh Mukherjee (Rajendranath) as his cook as he is very persistent and won't take no for an answer. But Subodh is a terrible cook. Gopal had called many cooks to interview for the role, but Subodh comes early and then impersonates Gopal to send the rest of the applicants away. Itabai (Shammi) is Subodh's wife and works in the same bungalow as a maid. Gopal takes pity on Subodh and hires him so he can he together with his wife.

Gopal runs into Sapna at the department store and again flirts with her. He later calls her at her home to apologize to her. He serenades her and Sapna starts getting impressed with Gopal. Sapna visits the village fair with her friends and Gopal follows her there as well. A merry go round ride goes out of control and starts spinning really fast. Gopal risks his own life to shut down the ride but is injured in the process. Sapna goes to meet Gopal and apologizes for misunderstanding him and his intentions. She starts visiting him in the hospital regularly. Gopal starts flirting with Sapna.

Soon, Sapna falls for Gopal's charm and they both acknowledge their love for each other. Prem finds out that Sapna has been visiting Gopal in the hospital. Sapna's brother Pran (Madan Puri) wants Sapna to marry Prem (Prem Chopra). Pran tells Sapna that Gopal is only interested in Sapna's wealth. Pran also adds that nobody knows anything about Gopal's background, family, or status. Sapna is convinced that Gopal is rich himself and ambitious. Sapna tells Prem and Pran that she is choosing Gopal, which angers him, and they both threaten to kill him.

Sapna and Gopal get married and during their honeymoon in Kashmir, an attempt is made to kill Sapna. Their car's radiator heats up and Gopal leaves Sapna on an abandoned road, to fetch some water. Sapna climbs a nearby hill, overlooking a lake, and some pushes her from behind into the lake. Sapna somehow survives and Gopal meets her in the hospital. Meanwhile, Prem is livid that Sapna has married Gopal and is determined to kill her. It is revealed that Subodh is working as an undercover agent for a person who has been tracking Deepak ever since he arrived in Bombay.

The police interrogate Sapna who says that she was definitely pushed. Gopal says that Sapna's brother Pran had threatened to kill her when she married Gopal. Prem also threatened to kill Sapna if she married Gopal. The inspector finds out that Pran had a heart attack on the day Sapna was attacked, and Prem was with Pran. Both of them never left Bombay.

Gopal notices that Inspector Verma (Kamal Kapoor) is tracking him very closely in Kashmir. Gopal tells Sapna that he wants to return to Bombay. Inspect Verma meets Gopal, and they both recognize each other. Sapna overhears their conversation and learns that Gopal's real name is Deepak, who was accused of murdering his first wife. Verma points out that there was an attempt on Sapna's life and yet Gopal made no attempts to figure out who was behind the murder attempt.

Sapna finds a gun under Gopal's pillow, and she now fears that she will be Gopal's next victim. Sapna and Gopal soon return to Bombay. Prem will not allow Sapna to meet Pran. Sapna tries to leave the bungalow at night to try and meet Pran. But Inspector Verma stops her and says that Pran could be faking his illness as well. Verma says that he has the bungalow in control and tells Sapna not to leave the bungalow under any circumstances.

Gopal invites Sapna to a movie and asks her to meet at the movie theatre. Jeeva comes to meet Gopal at his bungalow and says that he had some jewels in the locker that even Vimla didn't know about, and as such Deepak is 50% owner of the jewels. Sapna hears the entire conversation and now officially knows Gopal's history, as Gopal sees her.

Sapna now tells Gopal that she suspects that he played an elaborate game to snare Sapna and marry her for her wealth. Gopal tries to cool things down and leaves for the movie. Sapna tells Gopal that she won't go with him outside the bungalow. In the middle of the night, Sapna is attacked, and she faints. She is saved by Verma who saves her.

Meanwhile, Pran is seen entering his own house after the attack with severe chest pain and is rescued by Prem. Gopal returns early from the movie show and is confronted by Verma. Gopal says that he came home early as the show was interrupted and his story checks out. Verma checks Gopal's gun and finds that the shot was not fired from that gun.

When Sapna regains consciousness, she finds Gopal next to her. Gopal was trying to wipe her sweat, but she thinks that Gopal was trying to strangle her. Sapna is convinced that Gopal killed his first wife, and she runs out of the bungalow to Pran. Pran takes Sapna to a safe location at her insistence. But then Pran gets a phone call and says that he has to return as Prem met with a car accident.

But when Pran leaves, Sapna is attacked and strangled. Luckily Gopal arrives and saves her and finds that the killer is his own gardener. After a fight, Gopal gets rid of the disguise and finds that it is Jeeva in disguise. Jeeva says that he wanted to kill Sapna to see Gopal hang as he believes that Gopal killed Vimla. Jeeva also says that he sent 2 spies after Gopal, including Subodh. The confession is heard by Verma. Gopal says that he never killed Vimla and only saw her killer once. Suddenly Pran returns and Gopal has seen him for the first time. Gopal recognizes Pran as Vimla's killer.

Pran and Prem try to escape with Sapna, but Gopal intervenes and stop them with the help of Verma. Pran admits that he killed Vimla as she cheated on him to marry Deepak/Gopal. Prem knew this and was blackmailing Pran to marry Sapna.