 Big-budget drama. The idealistic Kusum (Pushpa) believes in the  fashionable way of modern civilization  and writes a play extolling the virtues of modernization. It is produced by her lover and fellow university student, Ramesh (Shukla), bringing him into conflict with the villainous Madhav (Dhar). The other major character is a local Raja (Wadilal) who also loves Kusum and plans to marry her by settling her father s debts.