- At the request of a wealthy man, a courtesan agrees to help heal his mentally disturbed son by pretending to be his wife. Her efforts only earn her abuse and wrath at the hands of most family members.
- Thakur Suraj Singh lives a wealthy lifestyle with his wife; three sons - Kishore, his wife Laxmi & two children Pappu and Laali; Vijaykamal, & Mohan; and an unmarried daughter, Radha. Kishore looks after the family business, while Vijaykamal is a renowned poet, and Mohan is studying law in the city. Vijaykamal is in love with lovely Sapna, but she is forced to marry Bihari, and kills herself on the night of the marriage. Vijaykamal witnesses her death and loses his mind. The family decide to keep him under lock and key on the terrace of their house. Unable to admit Vijaykamal to a mental asylum, Suraj brings home a young courtesan, Chand, who he hopes will cure Vijaykamal, and she does succeed considerably, but is traumatized, sexually assaulted by Vijaykamal, and abused by the rest of the family. Mohan finds her very attractive and wants her for himself, so does Bihari. A pregnant Chand is again traumatized when Vijaykamal recovers, but is unable to recognize her. The rest of the family do not believe that the child she is carrying is Vijaykamal's, and want her to leave. The question remains, what can this woman, who has been used as a toy, do under these circumstances?—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
- Vijaykamal (Sanjeev Kumar) is a son of rich Thakur Suraj Singh (Bipin Gupta), but has lost his mind. He sees his lover Sapna (Alka) marry his neighbor Bihari (Shatrughan Sinha) (Bihari had bribed Sapna's uncle to make sure that he gets married to her) and then she commits suicide on the night of the Diwali party hosted by Bihari (Bihari invites Vijay to the wedding reception to rub salt in Sapna's and Vijay's wounds). This incident puts Vijay in shock.
Thakur believes that if Vijay gets married, his mental health would improve. He hence approaches a Tawaif, Chand (Mumtaz) to pretend to be Vijay's wife (he agrees to pay rs 1000/month to Chand's mother Hirabai (Mridula Rani) as compensation) and thus help him get better. Chand accepts the assignment as Vijay is her favorite author of poems, which she performs regularly at her Kotha. She also sees this as an opportunity to create a respectable life for herself in society. But Chand receives cold treatment from Vijay's mother Thakurain Singh (Durga Khote) and his elder brother Kishore (Ramesh Deo).
Chand tries to get close to Vijay, who seems to be curious and harmless at first. Everytime she gets close, Vijay would grab her arm, scaring her away. Thakur organizes a fake wedding between Chand and Vijay to give Vijay the impression that Chand is his wife. Vijay goes berserk at the wedding when he finds that Chand is not Sapna. He is only brought under control by a Strobing light effect. Thakurain wont allow Vijay to be sent to the mental hospital. Chand positions herself as Vijay's wife to get closer to him. He wants to sleep with her, but she makes an excuse each night to lock him in his room and then goes to sleep in her own room. With her selfless service, Chand wins over Thakurain and Kishore's wife Laxmi Singh (Chand Usmani). Chand wants to leave when Kishore again insults her. But Vijay sings a melodious song to remind her why she came here in the first place.
Once, in a fit of madness (it was raining at night and Chand got wet while removing the clothes), Vijay forces himself upon Chand. But later, Chand becomes very friendly with Vijay and that starts improving his condition. Meanwhile Kishore has a mistress in the office and is splurging money on buying expensive gifts for her, Thakur Suraj refuses to fund Kishore anymore.
Vijay's younger brother Mohan (Jeetendra) arrives after completing his studies. Bihari takes Mohan to Kothas in the city and learns that he has a crush on Chand. Bihari who wishes to have Chand for himself (he knows Chand's reality as he used to visit the Kotha where Chand performed her dances) also tries to persuade Vijay's young sister Radha (Jayshree T.). He promises Radha to make her an actress in Bollywood (and keeps her for money to set her up with producers and directors in Bombay) and asks her to elope with him with the family's money and gold. But Chand does not let Bihari's plan work. She creates a ruckus to stop Radha, this awakens Vijay who then beats Bihari and stops him from running away with Radha. But upon being apprehended, Bihari claims that he had come to meet Chand, at her invitation. And that he is a frequent customer of hers. But to save Radha, Chand refuses to divulge the real reason why Bihari was in the mansion.
Mohan also falls in love with noble Chand and is heartbroken when he finds out that she is pregnant (owing to Vijay's assault) and is carrying Vijay's child. Dejected, he leaves home without notice. Now Bihari blackmails Radha to give him the family jewels else he will publish the love letter she wrote to him. Chand goes to meet Bihari instead of Radha, and Bihari wants to force himself upon her in exchange for the letter. Vijay sees this and In a fight between Vijay and Bihari, Bihari falls off the terrace and this shocks Vijay, curing him of his mental ailment. But then Vijay is unable to recall Chand. The family pays off Chand and asks her to leave. She is then humiliated by the family when she reveals that she is pregnant and is thrown out of the house. They all think that the child belongs to Bihari and not Vijay. Mohan steps in and accuses everyone of treating her like a toy and only using her when needed. He reveals how she saved Radha from Bihari's evil pursuits.
It is also revealed that Chand was actually born in a noble family (Her mother Hirabai had stolen Chand from the family when she got separated from them in a train accident, back when she was a little child. Hirabai had revealed the truth to her father, who is a noted social activist Satnamdas. But Satnam refuses to accept Chand as his daughter and Hirabai dies shortly thereafter) and was only raised as a Tawaif as she was found alone after a train accident. At the critical juncture Satnamdas accepts her daughter. The family thus accepts Chand and all ends well.
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