Dr. Sharad(Raj Babbar) is an upright surgeon who believes in upholding the ethics of a medical practitioner. He loves Deepika (Dimple Kapadia) who wooed him as a journalist. Sharad had a scuffle with a goon Bihari (Shakti Kapoor) wherein he refuses to kill his patient for money. Bihari is arrested soon afterwards. Sharad goes to Hyderabad for a medical conference where he meets a local girl Sansani (Padmini Kolhapure), whom he saves from an accident. Sansani falls in love with Sharad but Sharad soon leaves Hyderabad leaving her heartbroken. Sharad marries Deepika against the wishes of her father, but with the support of a senior colleague and friend Dr. Rizvi (Shashi Kapoor). but problems starts cropping as Sharad becomes so much entangled with his job as a doctor that he starts neglecting his family. His daughter develops hysteria due to his neglect and creates difference between him and Deepika. Soon after Bihari returns and meets Sharad in the hospital as a changed person. He asks Sharad to treat his fiancee Sandhya who is suffering from terminal Heart problem. Sandhya turns out to be none other than Sansani. Sandhya tells sharad that she is now a millionaire due to lottery ticket win, due to which all her relatives and Bihari are waiting or her to dies so that they can bequeath all her property. Sandhya asks her nurse (Aruna Irani) whether Sharad is married or not. Nurse realizing Sandhya's feelings for Sharad, lie to her that Sharad is unmarried. Sandhya takes her treatment very positively hoping to marry Sharad when she gets well. Sharad gives her a novel to read to pass her time. accidentally, a love letter that he wrote to Deepika during their courtship was discovered by Sandhya inside the novel, which made her think that Sharad also loves him. She writes a letter to him expressing her love, which is discovered by Deepika which makes her suspicious. her suspicion is further fueled by Bihari who is angry because of the increasing intimacy between Sandhya and Sharad. Deepika reaches hospital where Sandhya proposes marriage to Sharad if her operation goes well. Deepika accuses Sandhya for ruining her married life, which makes Sandhya realize that Sharad is a married man. She becomes reclusive and loses her will to live due to which her health deteriorates. despite earnest attempt by Sharad, Sandhya dies. her relatives refuse to sign the consent form as they want her signature in the property documents. they file a case against Sharad for operating San