Lakshmi (Reena Roy) and Vijay Singh (Raj Babbar) fall in love, but Vijay's father Thakur (Om Shivpuri) at first is not ready to wed his son with a petty postmaster's daughter but then agrees. Vijay and Lakshmi both get married. But soon Vijay has to go London for further studies. Lakshmi gives birth to a boy, on Vijay's return his father has a party, and on the same night he has to go quite far to attend someone ill and on his return to the party while driving very fast vijay meets with a car accident and dies. His in-laws call their daughter in-law unlucky and throw her out, but she again becomes pregnant. Lakshmi while running away from goons arrives at a courtesan's parlour. Tamanchabai (Nadira) takes her in and there she gives birth to a girl. Lakshmi never sells her body, just her dance. Years later she happens to kill Moti Seth (Bharat Kapoor) as he wanted a one night affair with Lakshmi's niw young daughter.