Vivek Deshpande

After her husband’s death, Mrs. Mahajan runs a prosperous household with her two sons, while her daughter-in-law Sulabha grows increasingly restless in her domestic role. When she accepts a job as a Superintendent of a distant women’s reformatory against her family’s wishes, she sets out to seek her independence and pursue a career in social service.

Four friends decide to leave their village and go to Mumbai in search of a livelihood.

Shyam returns from London and Rao Saheb hands him all the business. Janradhan and employee of Raosaheb who eyes his chair creates a rift between the the two as Shyam considers his employee at the top. He loves Kiran whose daughter of Bhau Kasbe, an old rival of Raosaheb, Janardhan tells him that she is the reason behind Shyam's change. Kiran and Shyam get married with blessings of her cousin Raja but Raosaheb disowns them and they start living separately and Janardhan takes advantage of the rift and kills Shyam. But Kiran soon delivers a baby boy named Deepak years later Raosaheb comes across him and wants to take his custody.

A rich man falls in love with a poor woman who is related to his mother's friend.