Lajwanti

Having been unjustly accused of having an affair, a dutiful and loving wife is thrown out of the house by her husband and forced to abandon her baby. When mother and child are eventually reunited, the mother faces an uphill struggle to regain the love of her daughter.

Nargis

(Kavita)

Balraj Sahni

(Nirmal Kumar)

Kumari Naaz

(Renu (as Baby Naaz))

Prabhu Dayal

Radhakrishan

(Pyare Mohan (as Radha Kishen))

Manorama

(Mrs. Godabri Mohan)

Kusum Thakur

Mumtaz Begum

(Jamuna (as Mumtaz))

Leela Mishra

(Nirmal's Sister (as Leela Misra))

Nazir Kashmiri

Amrit Kumar

Krishna Duggal

Daya Devi

((as Dayadevi))

Ramlal

Kamal Dukhia

((as Kamal Dukhiya))

Manjula Vijayakumar

Praveen Paul

(Head Mistress (as Pravin Paul))

Master Anwar

(Dulari Mohan)

Prithviraj Kapoor

((as Prithiviraj))

Sheila Kashmiri

((as Sheela Kashmiri))

Brahm Bhardwaj

(Doctor (uncredited))

Chand Burke

(Actress (uncredited))

Tun Tun

(Herself (uncredited))