Entering an apartment block in search of a drink of water, a naive peasant finds himself mistaken for a thief and is chased by the residents. Whilst evading capture, he inadvertently exposes the venality and dishonesty of the building's middle class occupants.
Raj Kapoor
as Peasant
Nargis
as Temple Singer
Pradeep Kumar
as Pradeep
Motilal
as Singing Drunk
Sumitra Devi
as Singing Drunk's Wife
Pran Sikand
as Reporter
Smriti Biswas
as Sati
Sulochana Chatterjee
as Meenu
Pahadi Sanyal
as Shashan
Daisy Irani
as Tenant's Daughter
Nemo
as Ramnarayan 'Rambabu' Malik
Iftekhar
as Chandu
