Arun and Vandana marry secretly. But Arun is killed in an air crash and no one accepts the marriage. Vandana is forced to give up her child in an orphanage and her attempts to get him back are foiled.It won the Filmfare Award for Best Film at the 17th Filmfare Awards. Sharmila Tagore would win her first Filmfare Best Actress Award for playing the lead role in this film.