Synopsis :
As an orphan on the streets in Shimla, young Sikandar (Amitabh Bachachan) has no one to care for him. For the short while that he works for Mr.Ramnath, little Kamna Ramnath (Rakhee) gives Sikandar the kind of consideration and friendship no one has ever before given him. After the Ramnath's leave Shimla for Bombay, Sikandar follows them there. Eventually Fatima, a young widow who works for Ramnath, adopts Sikandar. At Kamna's birthday party, Ramnath mistakes Sikandar for a thief and has him thrown out. Little Kamna turns against Sikandar and wants to have nothing further to do with him. At Fatima's grave, a darvesh (Kader Khan) advises young Sikandar how to deal with the realities of life. Young Sikandar works hard and grows up to be a wealthy respected young man. Kamna, who still wants to have nothing to do with Sikandar, is unaware that he he has been helping her all along by paying for her handicapped father's medical bills. Sikandar meets a dancing girl, Zohra Bai (Rekha) who falls in love with him but Sikandar still loves Kamna. Dilawar, (Amjad Khan) a vengeful lover of Zohra, declares Sikandar to be his enemy. When a young lawyer Vishal (Vinod Khanna) saves Sikandar's life, Sikandar takes him in to his home and treats him like a brother. Vishal, who know nothing of Sikandar's feeling for Kamna, becomes Ramnath's assistant and falls in love with Kamna. Before Sikandar can declare his love to Kamna, his lifelong dream is shattered when he sees her with Vishal. Sikandar feels he has been betrayed by his best friend and by his love.