It begins with a royal Indian family, which consists of the Maharaj (Murad (actor)), his brother Shamsher Singh (Premnath) and sister Rajshree (Nadira (actress)). A local village leader named Jai Tilak (Dilip Kumar) enters a contest to tame Princess Rajshree's horse, and after he is successful, Shamsher challenges him to a bout of fencing. Jai is declared the winner of the fight after much dispute and Shamsher is enraged at losing to a poor villager. Jai then falls in love with Rajshree and tries numerous times to woo her, but the princess's arrogance prevents her from revealing her true feelings.