A talented artist falls in love with a doctor. He loses his eyesight in an accident and wounds up a prisoner of a cruel princess. He escapes, and is helped by another man, who nurtures and allows him to recuperate. When the artist returns home, he find that the girl he wants to marry is engaged to the man who helped him recover.
Acting
Rajesh Khanna's blind acting is genuinely affecting, not hammish.
Direction
Ravikant Nagaich keeps three wild plot strands somehow coherent.
Score
R.D. Burman's songs slap despite the misery onscreen.
Director
Ravikant Nagaich
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rajesh Khanna was at absolute peak stardom here—1972 was his year, and he reportedly filmed this between Anand and Amar Prem.
The 'helpful friend becomes romantic rival' plot eerily mirrors the real-life triangle gossip around Khanna, Kishore Kumar, and others in Bombay circles at the time.