As a child, Bhaiyaji, a Bihari tailor-turned-kidnapper, falls in love with Varsa. When she moves to Mumbai to become an actress, he tries to discard his criminal image in order to win her back.

Anwar, a middle-class Muslim, falls in love with Mehru, a Hindu girl. Post her death, he is caught by the police and a misunderstanding leads them to believe that he is a terrorist.