Chand (Kishore Kumar), an aspiring lyricist and singer, goes to a dance show and sees Mala (Meena Kumari) performing and is overwhelmed with Meena Kumari's performance as a dancer and decides that if she can get Mala to dance to his songs, it will be a winning combination. However, the owner of the company that Mala dances for is skeptical to the proposition. Before anything happens, Chand's father vehemently opposes the idea and Chand, totally disappointed and frustrated, leaves home and moves to Bombay to try his musical talent. He takes his friend Karim (Johnny Walker) and his girlfriend Raina (Kum Kum) with him and puts up with his garage-owner friend in the city. They start doing shows and come to attention of Mala who eventually asks her owner Ashok Babu (Pran) to hire Chand to sing songs with Mala dancing. Watch the rest of the movie to see how after many ups and downs Mala and Chand eventually get together and the movie has a happy ending.