Julie is an anglo-Indian girl with a loving, but alcoholic father and a domineering mother, a younger brother and sister. She falls in love with her best friend's brother Shashi Bhattacharya, a Hindu boy, and she has a passionate encounter with him, which leaves her pregnant. He goes away to college, not knowing about her condition. Her mother is distraught when Julie tells her about the pregnancy. They don't tell the rest of the family. Her mother thinks about getting Julie an abortion, but a devout Christian talks her out of it. Julie is sent away to have her baby in secret. The rest of the family is told that Julie got a job. When she comes back home, she runs into her Hindu boyfriend and tells him everything. He agrees to marry her, but his mother objects to the mixed marriage, not knowing about the baby born in secret. Julie's mother doesn't want the marriage either, as she and the rest of the family want to go to England
Lakshmi
as Julie
Vikram Makandar
as Shashi Bhattacharya
Nadira
as Margaret 'Maggie' (Julie's mother)
Utpal Dutt
as Mr. Bhattacharya (Usha's father)
Achala Sachdev
as Mrs. Devki Bhattacharya (Usha's mother)
Rita Bhaduri
as Usha Bhattacharya
Jalal Agha
as Richard 'Richie'
Rajendranath Malhotra
as Rahim (Store Owner)
Om Prakash
as Morris (Julie's father)
Ruby Myers
as Ruby Aunty
Sridevi
as Irene
