In Calcutta at the turn of the century, two families (one wealthier than the other but both belonging to the same caste) live in adjoining properties. Their respective patriarchs fall out over the repayment of a loan and the intervention of a member of a lower caste in the families' financial arrangements. The rift causes much heartache to the younger members of the families, two of whom have secretly plighted their troth to each other.
Ashok Kumar
as Shekhar Rai
Meena Kumari
as Lalita
Asit Baran
as Girin Babu
Sheetal
as (as Baby Sheela)
Badri Prasad
as Nabin Rai (as Badriprasad)
Pratima Devi
as Shekhar's aunt
Rekha Mallick
as (as Rekha)
Manju
as
Manorama
as
Shelley Bannerjee
as (as S. Bannerji)
Naina
as (as Nayane)
Sarita
as