Plot

In-separable childhood friends, Raju and Guddi are separated when Guddi's dad, Ramlal is arrested by the police for theft. Years later Guddi is now a cabaret dancer and singer, Seema, while Raju is a thief and professional gambler, Chander. They does meet and fall in love with each other unknown that they are childhood friends. They linked up to go on a visit to their childhood place of residence; Seema goes for religious reasons while Chander for selfish reasons namely to assist a prisoner to escape which earns him a hefty sum from a gangster.—gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com)

Raju and Guddi are childhood friends and neighbors, who are virtually inseparable. They separate tragically, after Raju's dad is arrested after a dramatic police chase for break, enter, and theft. Guddi grows up to become a professional stage singer and dancer, while Raju grows up to be a card-sharp and a thief. Years later both Raju and Guddi meet each, but now Guddi is called Seema, and Raju is called Chander, their real names, both fall in love with each other, without knowing they are childhood friends. While Seema is on her way to her birthplace for religious reasons, Chander too is headed that way, not for religious reasons, but to get himself arrested so that he can be jailed - for a motive that will get him a hefty sum of money from a gangster.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Raju (Shashi Kapoor) and Guddi (Sulakshana Pandit) are childhood friends and neighbors, who are virtually inseparable. Guddi's father is Ram Lal (Sajjan).

Unknown to Guddi, Ram Lal is a professional thief. In a stolen purse, Ram Lal gets the address of a rich person named Haridas (Pinchoo Kapoor) and decides to rob his mansion. He hides behind a curtain to see that Haridas stores valuable diamonds inside his safe. Haridas was in the process of selling the diamonds via a broker named Advani (Shivraj). Ram Lal follows Advani and attacks him inside the lift to steal the diamonds. As Advani's driver discovers the theft he chases Ram Lal, who escapes by taking a lift from a truck driver Bishan Singh Chadda (Shammi Kapoor). Ram Lal gets off in the middle of the jungle and hides the diamonds case underneath a Human Idol under a tree, as he can see that the police are after him. The police catch up with Bishan, who guides them where he dropped off Ram Lal. Ram Lal is arrested.

Raju is desperate for money and gambles his earnings from the newspaper distribution work. He wins the bet, but the card shark refuses to pay and beats him up. Raju is arrested by the police and sent to a Children Home run by Abdul Rehman (Mehmood), thus separating him from Guddi. Farida (Anjana Mumtaz) is Abdul's daughter. Guddi is taken away by her uncle.

Guddi grows up to be a professional stage singer and dancer, while Raju grows up to be a card-sharp and a thief. Years later, both Raju (now called Chander) and Guddi (now called Seema) meet when Seema returns to her city after becoming a famous dancer. She continues to search for Raju hoping to run into him someday.

Abdul needs Rs 5000 to marry off Farida, whom Chander now considers his sister. To earn this money Chander needs big game and heads to a casino owned by Raaka (Goga Kapoor). After winning a big hand of Rs 5000, Chander has to fight his way through Raaka and his brother Ranga (Mac Mohan). In the fight, one casino employee is killed, and Chander is caught by the police and sentenced to 3 years in prison. Jailor (Paidi Jairaj) runs a tight ship at prison in Lakhanpur. Chander meets prisoners 840 (Keshto Mukherjee) & 420 (V. Gopal). Chander works with 420 and 840 to form and escape plan from prison. Chander uses a homemade explosive to trigger an explosion inside prison and uses the chaos to escape. Chander reaches the casino to recover his winnings as Farida's marriage is approaching. But he is attacked by Raaka and Ranga, and he escapes again and hides in a theatre where Seema is performing in a show. Chander hides in Seema's cabin, and she helps him to hide from Raaka and Ranga, as she trusts Chander.

Ram Lal is released from prison after 15 years but never revealed where he hid the diamonds. The inspector reveals that while Haridas got his insurance money of Rs 20 Lakhs, but the loss was borne by the Insurance company. Meanwhile the Insurance company manager Mr Sinha (Brahm Bhardwaj) reopens the old case. Sinha appoints Gautam (Ramesh Deo) to trail Ram Lal in case he goes for the diamonds. David (Birbal) is a waiter, who overhears this entire conversation and reports to his boss Master (Amrish Puri). Now Ram Lal is in the same Lakhanpur Jail and Master plans to get Ram Lal escape jail before Gautam can start trailing him. Master knows only Chander who has escaped from Lakhanpur Jail.

Seema finds out that Chander is a prison escaped criminal (as his photo was published in the newspapers), but Chander explains that he only broke free due to Farida's wedding. Seema gives the Rs 5000 to Chander so he can complete his promise to Abdul and Farida. Turns out the Farida's husband Ahmed (Sudhir) is also a police inspector. Ahmed instantly recognizes Chander who escapes, and is picked up by Raaka and Ranga. Chander fights them off and escapes again, but is picked up by Master.

Master promises Chander Rs 1 Lakhs as fees for rescuing Ram Lal from Lakhanpur prison. Turns out Seema is also headed to Lakhanpur for a Goddess festival. With the advance of Rs 10,000 from Master, Chander pays off Seema loan. On their way to Lakhanpur, Seema and Chander gets lost in a storm, and find a stranded Gautam who also flags them down and asks for a lift to Lakhanpur.

As they visit the temple in Lakhanpur, Seema sings the same song that she used to sing as a child with Raju. Thats when Seema and Chander realize that they are Guddi and Raju respectively. As the police arrive, Chander has to run. Seema returns to the guest house which she is sharing with Gautam. She finds her father's photo with Gautam and is shocked. Seema believes that Gautam is there to kill her father. As Chander breaks into the prison, Seema meets Ram Lal and warns him about Gautam.

The next day, Chander triggers an explosion inside the jail and tries to escape with Ram Lal, but Ram Lal thinks it is Gautam who has come to eliminate him. Chander hits him unconscious and delivers Ram Lal to Master who pays him Rs 1 Lakhs. Chander is happy and returns to Seema to start their new life, but he learns that Seema is distraught. She tells him that the man abducted from prison that day was her father Ram Lal.

Chander returns to Master and returns his money to ask for Ram Lal back. Master refuses and a brawl ensues. Chander returns with Ram Lal to Seema. Seem is distraught to learn that Ram Lal was indeed a thief who stole the diamonds and hid them 15 years ago. Thats when Master arrives with his men and threatens Ram Lal to reveal the location of the Diamonds. This is when Chander changes colors and pretends to Master that rescuing Ram Lal was a ruse to gain his sympathy and to find out the location of the diamonds. Chander begins to torture Seema so Ram Lal breaks down and agrees to disclose the location.

As the gang finds the diamonds, Chander changes back and attacks Master and his men. As the police arrive (Abdul had seen the gang looking for the diamonds and had called the police) and watch, Chander declares his intentions to return the diamonds to its rightful owners to atone for his sins. A brawl ensues and Ram Lal is shot. Master is arrested by the police. Chander goes to jail for breaking prison, and Seema stays with Abdul as his daughter.