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.

Reparto

Rajendra Kumar

Naseem Baig

Waheeda Rehman

Mehroo

Rehman

Nawab Mirza

Nazir Hussain

Jafferbhai Godiwala

Manmohan Krishna

Hakim Dinanath

Johnny Walker

Sultan

Rashid Khan

Bannemiyan

Minoo Mumtaz

Malika

Murad

The doctor

Vijaya Choudhry

Pratima Devi

Naseem's mother