 Maya (Jamuna) is the poor cousin of rich socialite Shanta (Azoorie). Shanta is supposed to marry the equally rich Pratap (P. Sanyal), but he falls in love with Maya and fathers her child before going abroad. Shanta causes a seperation by intercepting Pratap s letters to Maya. When he returns, a successful lawyer, he us unable to trace her, while her efforts to meet him are foiled.