Durgadevi rules her household with her brother, Makhanlan, and treats daughter Shanti worse than she treats servants; her other daughter is Roopa. When the younger women are approached for marriage, Durgadevi refuses.
Shashi Kapoor
as Laxman
Sanjeev Kumar
as Ram
Moushumi Chatterjee
as Roopa Bhargav
Vidya Sinha
as Shanti Bhargav
Nadira
as Durgadevi Bhargav
Madan Puri
as Makhanlal
Ranjeet Bedi
as Chander
Govardhan Asrani
as Jagdish
Shashikala
as Jwala
Shreeram Lagoo
as Ratanlal
Nana Palsikar
as Purohit Shankarprasad
Meena T.
as Leela
