nandu and kamli fall in love and want to marry. when nandu's mother goes to meet kamli's uncle, she is humiliated because of their poverty. nandu decides to join the army, with the hope that her uncle will consider him suitable enough to get kamli married to him. but when he returns, kamli is set to marry someone else. he goes back to the army to try to forget kamli. he is surprised to find that his superior officer, ram singh, is kamli's husband. disappointed with his fate, he knows not what to do.