Archana (Suchitra Sen) falls in love with Sukhendu (Soumitra Chatterjee), a severe College Lecturer, a lot to the chargin her snobbish and interfering mom (Chhaya Devi) for whom Sukhendu is simply not adequate for her daughter or their household. Archana nonetheless, is adamant and with the approval of her father (Pahadi Sanyal) will get married to Sukhendu. The mom continues to intrude within the marriage continuously reminding her son-in-law of his poverty. Affected by divided loyalties, Archana's issues are aggravated when Sukhendu insists she sever all ties together with her mom. Archana separates from Sukhendu and stays independently finishing her research. When she lastly accepts her wifely duties and returns dwelling it's too late as Sukhendu has resigned and gone overseas.
