This is the story of Kalu a former taxi driver who is released from prison after a speeding offence. Follow his journey after finding himself homeless finding love and also finding himself involved in a planned Bank robbery.
Shekhar the eldest son of a wealthy widower with 3 younger siblings meets Sharada at a nature cure clinic. Sharada and Shekhar fall in love but Shekhar has to go abroad on business. Before going he makes Sharada promise that she will wait for him. Meanwhile unaware that it is Shekhar's house Sharada goes there occasionally to look after his younger siblings whom she dotes on. Shekhar's plane crashes and his father feeling helpless marries Sharada for the sake of his younger children unaware of the relationship between Shekhar and Sharada. Shekhar survives the crash and returns only to get devastated on seeing that his sweet heart has become his stepmother. He starts drinking in despair but ultimately reconciles accepting Sharada as his mother and marrying Chanchal (Shyama). But happiness continues to evade him as Chanchal starts suspecting the relationship between Sharada and Shekhar causing Shekhar to leave home. Will Shekhar come back? Will there be place in his life and heart for his wife and newfound mother? Sharada was L.V. Prasad's debut into Hindi films and a rare coming together of Indian cinema's two legends Raj Kapoor and L.V. Prasad. It was also one of the few films starring Meena Kumari opposite Raj Kapoor. L.V. Prasad was nominated for Best Director in the Filmfare Awards while Shyama and Raj Mehra won as Best Supporting Actors.
Kaalu (Guru Dutt) is a jobless common man aimlessly roaming the streets with no real ambition in life. He does small odd jobs and one day he takes up a job in a garage. There he meets and fall in love with Nikki who is the garage owner's daughter. Meanwhile he also meets a dancer (Shakila) in a bar where he goes to deliver a message to Captain from one of his jail mates. He asks Nikki's father for her hand in marriage who refuses as he thinks Kaalu as a worthless thug. Dejected he goes to see Captain and tells him of his dream to buy a taxi and become a taxi driver. Captains offers to buy him the taxi on the condition that it will be available for his use whenever he needs it. Kaalu agrees not knowing that Captain intends to use the taxi for smuggling. Kaalu then asks Nikki to elope with him. Nikki refuses. One day he finds out about Captain's nefarious activities and refuses to be a part of it. He is captured and about to be killed when Shakila tells Captain to force Kaalu to smuggle instead of killing him.
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