Gopika Sharma lives a middle-classed lifestyle along with her widowed mother in Bangalore. She expresses a desire to sing and is encouraged by her maternal uncle, Dubey, who takes her with him to Bombay along with her maid, Lajjo. Once there, they are molested and Dubey goes missing. They then attempt to find a decent place to live, and after many frustrations make an agreement with a single male, Kishankumar Shukla, who poses as Gopika's husband, and move into an apartment owned by Lala Dhaniram.
Vinod Mehra
as Kishankumar Shukla
शबाना आज़मी
as Gopika Sharma / Gopika K. Shukla
Prema Narayan
as Lajjo
Madan Puri
as Lala Dhaniram
Madhu Kapoor
as Radha K. Shukla
Manmohan Krishna
as Dindayal Sharma
Urmila Bhatt
as Dindayal's wife
Yunus Parvez
as Dubey
Baldev Khosa
as Ajit Chadda
Madhu Malini
as Parminder Kaur 'Pammi' A. Chhadha
Ram Sethi
as Chandu 'Dahejiya'
Reshma
as Dhannu
