"A debauchee Zamindar greatly neglects his wife. The decadence of the Bengali Zamindar milieu in the late 19th century, seen through the eyes of a young upward mobile rustic seeking fortune in Calcutta, fascinated by the lonely lady of the house."
Guru Dutt
as Atulya Chakraborty 'Bhootnath'
Meena Kumari
as Chhoti Bahu
Waheeda Rehman
as Jaba
Rehman
as Chotte Sarkar
D.K. Sapru
as
Sajjan Lal Purohit
S.N. Banerjee
Dhumal
Krishna Dhawan
Jawahar Kaul
Harindranath Chattopadhyay
Nazir Hussain
V.K. Murthy
Director of Photography
Abrar Alvi
Director
Producer
Writer
Y.G. Chawhan
Editor
Bhanu Athaiya
Costume Designer
Bimal Mitra
Biren Nag
Art Direction
Original Concept
P. Thackersey
Sound
Hemant Kumar
Music