- After the tragic passing of his parents, Raj Kumar is also separated from his elder brother. He ends up hungry and penniless in Bombay, and is taken in by a pickpocket thief, Usmanbhai, who trains Raj to be a master at picking pockets and stealing. It is in this atmosphere that Raj grows up and calls himself Raju Tardeo, for this is the area allocated to him to carry on stealing. Raju comes to know that a wealthy woman named Kamini has run away from home, and a reward has been placed in all newspapers. He finds her, pretends to fall in love with her, steals her necklace, and takes her back home to her oppressive uncle, who wants her to get married to Ranjeet. Kamini manages to run away, this time weary of running into the cunning Raju, who she had fallen in love with, only to fall in the clutches of a criminal don by the name of Shankar, who not only has her necklace, which was bought from Raju, and plans to ensure that she is returned home. Kamini escapes again, only to run into Raju, who she now finds in the company of a woman named Roma and a child. Alone, and nowhere to turn to for help, Kamini must now decide whether to take her life or surrender to her uncle's wishes.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
- Two brothers get separated when leaving their village (when their mother died due to extreme poverty and prolonged illness. They wanted to reach their mama in Bombay) and reach Bombay (They try to board a goods train and while Raju gets in, but Shankar gets left behind). Raju (Randhir Kapoor) is led to a crook Usmanbhai Bombay (Satyen Kappu) and becomes a pickpocket under his tutelage. The elder one, Shankar (Vinod Khanna) becomes a crime-boss (he smuggles diamonds in the frame of his specs). Shankar is popularly known as Kumar in his circle and is married to Roma (Simi Garewal), who is pregnant with their child. Roma is unaware of his criminal activities. He runs a hotel as a cover for his criminal activities and is mostly involved in smuggling gold and diamonds. Shankar keeps an old photo of him and Raju in his wallet and hopes that one day he will find him
One day Raju tries to steal Shankar's wallet, but Shankar catches him, but lets him go. Kamini (Hema Malini) is an orphaned girl, living with her crook uncle Chopra (Randhir). For a dance show she arrives at Mumbai with her troupe and is robbed of her purse by a pickpocket. Raju retrieves her purse from another pickpocket Raghu (Goga Kapoor) only to steal her expensive necklace (this is why Raju helped her in the first place, so her could get close to her). Kamini is a stage actress who is in Bombay for a show with her co-star Totaram (Ram Sethi). when Totaram bails out of the show at the last minute, she begs Raju to step in. Raju uses that opportunity to steal the necklace, which Kamini thinks was lost on stage. Kamini is a heiress of great wealth and is about to inherit it from the trustees as she gets to a certain age. Kamini's uncle owes 1 million rupees to another criminal, Ranjeet (Ranjeet). In order to pay his debt he advises Ranjeet to marry Kamini, so that he can inherit her wealth worth 5 million. when Kamini finds out, she runs away from her home on the day of the wedding..
In order to trace her, Ranjeet advertises in a newspaper that Kamini has run away from home with jewelry worth 1 million. both Raju and Shankar read the ad and start looking for Kamini. Raju is the first one to trace her at the railway station (Shankar was also there but Raju is able to out smart him and leave with Kamini) and entices her to an isolated bungalow in Khandala. Here, Kamini confesses her love for Raju, but he is indifferent and only pretends to love her in return. He secretly checks all her baggage for jewelry and is disappointed to find that she has none.
Shankar is able to trace Raju and trades Kamini for Rs 10,000. Kamini is heartbroken with the reality. Raju meets Usman and realizes that he did a wrong thing by cheating Kamini as he abused her trust. He thinks about giving up the life of crime. Ranjeet pays off Shankar for Kamini, while Kamini slips past his custody just in time. Coincidentally, she seeks shelter at Shankar's home (whom she recognizes from his photo in the house) and Roma comes to know everything about Shankar. She is shocked, when she sees that Shankar is pursuing Kamni, who was trying to run away. Roma tries to commit suicide (after running from home, and on the railway tracks), but is saved by Raju in the nick of time and takes her home.
Shankar is heartbroken (the police show a blood soaked shawl that he had gifted Roma) and vows to give up all his criminal activities. He also gives shelter to Kamini (who didn't run away as she wanted to help Roma) and keeps her at his home. He returns the money to Ranjeet, which infuriates him and he wants revenge. Kamini respects Shankar for his gesture and treats him like an elder brother. Meanwhile, Kamini has a change of heart towards Raju when she learns (She witnesses that Raju was trying to find an honest job for himself and admits that he was a pickpocket earlier) that Raju has given up his pick-pocketing and wants to lead a dignified life with her.
Ranjeet decides to use Raju as a pawn to exact revenge. Via Uncle Chopra Kamini learns that Raju is married and is about to become a dad.. Kamini sees Raju distributing sweets for Roma's successful delivery and misunderstands the entire situation. When Raju goes to meet Kamini, this time Shankar beats him up.
Ranjeet befriends Raju. Through Raju, he manages to get Shankar arrested in an attempt to smuggle gold (his old commitment and final job), but Shankar somehow manages to hide the gold (Bogey number 6800 in a railways yard) before being arrested. In order to create a rift between Kamini and Raju, Chopra tells her that Raju got Shankar arrested. Kamini straight away goes to his home to find the truth and comes across Roma and her newborn baby. Kamini tells Roma that Shankar is truly sorry for his acts and has given up all his criminal activities. Kamini inform Shankar that Roma is alive and has their baby.
Ranjeet manages to kidnap Kamini and desires to marry her. Kamini reveals that she has not inherited any wealth and her uncle was lying to him. Ranjeet then plans to trade her with Shankar for the smuggled gold. Shankar escapes the prison to see his wife. Shankar encounters Raju and Raju is able to nab him and tie him up. Raju trades Shankar for Kamini and returns home with the purse he had pocketed of Shankar. At home, when he checks the contents he comes to know that Shankar is his long lost brother and goes to save Shankar. The film ends with a typical Bollywood climax, where Raju is able to save Shankar and Ranjeet is killed in the ensuing fight.
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