Devar

Wealthy Shankar and well-educated Suresh are cousins and the best of friends. A marriage is arranged for each of them (Shankar's with Madhumati, Suresh' with Shanta), but Shankar's father is against the couples meeting in person and instead each cousin meets with the other's intended. During the meeting Suresh falls in love with Madhumati and scheme switch brides. But his innocent scheme has unforeseen circumstances as Shankar's marriage quickly turns sour because Shanta despises him for being uneducated and blames him for tricking her into marriage.

Dharmendra

Shankar J. Rai / Bhola

Sharmila Tagore

Madhumati / Banwariya

Shashikala

Shanta M. Singh / Shanta S. Rai

Deven Verma

Suresh

Dhumal

Ram Bharose / R.B. Bosay

Durga Khote

Gopinath's Mom

Sulochana Latkar

Shakuntala M. Singh

Mumtaz Begum

Mrs. Rai

Tarun Bose

D.K. Sapru

Bela Bose

Brahm Bhardwaj

Lalita Kumari

Sabita Chatterjee

Madhumati