Prakash (Rajesh Khanna) a talented artist falls in love with a doctor, recently returned from London, but his past creates problems for him. When that part of his past is resolved and he is to marry the girl he loves, he loses his eyesight in an accident and wounds up a prisoner of a cruel princess. He escapes, and is helped by another man, who nurtures and allows him to recuperate. However, Prakash returns home he finds that the girl he wants to marry is engaged to the man who helped him recover...