"Naseem lives a poor lifestyle with his widowed mom in Lucknow, India. He is well-known for his poems, and gets invited to a contest hosted by Nawab Naseemuddin who has offered a reward of Rs.5000/- to the winner."
Rajendra Kumar
as Naseem Baig
Waheeda Rehman
as Mehroo
Rehman
as Nawab Mirza
Nazir Hussain
as Jafferbhai Godiwala
Manmohan Krishna
as Hakim Dinanath
Johnny Walker
as Sultan
Rashid Khan
as Bannemiyan
Minoo Mumtaz
as
Malika
Murad
as The doctor
Vijaya Choudhry
Pratima Devi
as Naseem's mother
Mahesh Kaul
Director
S.U. Sunny
C.L. Kavish
Screenplay
Wajahat Mirza
Dialogue
Naushad
Story
Ramesh Chalsani
Producer
Hirlal N. Patel
Pravin Talsania
Music
Faredoon A. Irani
Cinematography
Moosa Mansoor
Editor
Poonam Bhai Shah
Production Design
V. Jadhav
Art Direction
K.S. Rangachar
Set Decoration