inder (k. l. saigal) goes to the market-place and buys bananas along with the basket from a blind banana seller, which he gets distributed among the poor. he then leads the blind man to his house. he's concerned about the old man's young daughter sakina (baby khurshid) who's been unwell. he treats her as his sister and feels she should be shown to a doctor for her daily fever. sakina makes wooden toys and she has made some for him. inder pays her saying he'll sell them to a shopkeeper from where he will get money. inder stays with his rich father, mother and three small brothers. the father's concerned about inder's benevolent nature and tells his wife that it's time to get him married. the mother shows inder a photo of rupa (nazma). inder wants to meet rupa and talk to her before getting married but rupa's father refuses. he says rupa sees inder through her father's eyes and after marriage will see the world through her husband's, that is, inder's eyes. inder is not happy but he leaves. he and rupa are married and he is enthralled by her beauty.