- Prem Kumar, a businessman from Rangoon, travels to Calcutta to try and track down his brother's murderer and recover a priceless family heirloom.
- Rakesh lives with his brother, Madan, and his dad in Rangoon. Madan has fallen into bad company and steals the family heirloom, in the shape of a dragon, some cash and runs away to India. Shortly thereafter, his dead body is found under Calcutta's Howrah Bridge. Rakesh travels to Calcutta in order to find out the mystery behind Madan's death, and also try to recover the family heirloom. His investigations take him to a shady hotel run by Uncle Joe, where an attractive dancer named Edna performs a dance every night. Rakesh finds himself attracted to Edna, and he confides in her why he is here and she decides to assist him. Rakesh comes to know that a man named Bhiku had witnessed his brother's murder, and sets off to find him. Before he could meet him, Bhiku goes missing and no one knows about his whereabouts. Watch what Rakesh does next in order to solve this mystery, recover the heirloom, continue to woo Edna, and catch his brother's killers.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
- Prem Kumar (Ashok Kumar) and his elder brother Madan (Chaman Puri) are looking after a successful business of their father (Brahm Bhardwaj) in Rangoon. But Madan suddenly disappears with the family heirloom, a dragon embedded with precious stones and reaches Calcutta to sell it off. He falls prey to the designs of a few smugglers and pays with his life. Madan meets fence Chang via Tongawalla Shyamu. Chang likes the dragon and asks Madan to bring it the next day for a deal in cash. He then calls his strongman Pyarelal to kill Madan and obtain the dragon from him forcefully. While disposing off the body at Howrah bridge, one of the men is seen by homeless Bhikharilal 'Bhiku' (Sunder).. Bhiku tells his girlfriend Chhamia (Kammo) about this incident.
Prem's father urges him to get back the heirloom and Prem in disguise of Rakesh comes to Calcutta from Rangoon. On the ship he is swiftly taken over by the seductress Edna (Madhubala) who was performing at restaurant on the ship, escorted by her uncle Joe (Dhumal) In Calcutta he meets his father's trusted Tongawalla Shyamu (Om Prakash) who takes him to a hotel run by John Chang (Madan Puri). Shyamu says that he dropped Madan at this hotel on the night of his murder. At Chang's hotel, Prem again sees Edna. Edna is in the business of ferrying drugs from Rangoon for Chang. Prem notices that Edna is meeting Chang, and Shyamu advises him to get close to Edna to find out about Madan.
Meanwhile, Edna is smitten with Prem and bribes Shyamu to bring Prem to Joe's hotel. Pyarelal has the hots for Edna and tries to sideline Prem in front of her. Prem is anxious to find out more about Madan but holds off. He has true feelings for Edna, and he starts to date her without pressing her to reveal the nature of the connect between Joe and Chang.
Prem gets a duplicate and fake dragon made from a local jeweler. Prem then disguises as an Arab Sheikh and approaches Change with the fake dragon, with an offer to sell it. Chang is alarmed and thinks that Madan had the sake dragon, and the Sheikh has the real one. Chang asks Sheikh to wait and asks Pyarelal to kill the Sheikh, but the Sheikh manages to escape with the help of Shyamu. Meanwhile Pyarelal announces to Edna that he will pay off Joe and marry her soon. Edna is shocked and sees that Prem is a much better and gentler option to Pyarelal. Edna falls for Prem and reveals that her uncle Joe, John Chang and their friend Pyarelal (K. N. Singh) are into illegal business.
Now Chhamia turns out to be Shyamu's niece. Shyamu meets Bhiku, who is excited about the news of Rs 10,000 reward for the person who gives info on the murder on Howrah Bridge. Chiku tells Shyamu that he saw 4 men throw the dead body on the bridge and saw the face of one of them. Shyamu asks Bhiku to wait till he brings Prem back. But Bhiku is excited and leaves for the police station.
Meanwhile Pyarelal had posted his men at all police stations as they knew the informant would be attracted by the offer. He sees Bhiku enter the station with the newspaper in hand. Bhiku gives the description to the inspector but is told he will only get the money once the culprit is sentenced. Chang has Bhiku lured from his home, by his men disguised as the police, with the promise of prompt payment. He is taken to Chang, who promises to pay Bhiku if he says that he saw nothing that night.
Meanwhile relations between Chang and Pyarelal go south due to the escape of the Sheikh. Pyarelal wants the dragon to be sold, so he can get his share. Chang prepares to leave for Singapore that very night, defrauding Pyarelal in the process.
Pyarelal sees CHang leaving and shoots him dead. Shyamu and Prem come looking for Bhiku to Chang's hotel (As Shyamu recognized Chang's car that was used to take Bhiku away). Pyarelal traps Prem in the room with Chang's dead body and calls the police. By the time police arrives, Prem had escaped, but dropped his cigarette case behind. Prem run to his room at Joe's where Edna was waiting for him. Prem runs away with Shyamu before Pyarelal arrives with the police, but Edna refuses to say anything to the cops. Police searches his luggage and find the passport which reveals Rakesh's true name as Prem Kumar. Once free, Edna tracks down Chhamia and through her reaches Prem and Shyamu. Edna learns that it was Pyarelal who killed Chang. Together Edna and Prem create a plan to trap Pyarelal.
Edna returns to Pyarelal and professes to be in love with him, after he offers Joe Rs 1 Lakh for Edna. Edna tells Pyarelal to hide the dragon since the entire issue is because of it. When Pyarelal removes the dragon from the safe, Prem arrives with a gun. Edna distracts Prem, and Pyare takes the gun from him. He admits to killing Chang and Madan both. And he then shoots Prem. Police arrives shortly thereafter. Prem rises and reveals that the gun had fake bullets and that he had recorded the entire conversation with Pyarelal. Pyare escapes with the dragon through the sewers. Prem pursues. The chase reaches on top of Howrah Bridge, where Pyare is about to kill Prem, but the police shoot down Pyare. Prem and Edna wed.
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