Ram Aur Shyam

Ram (Dilip Kumar) lives with his sister Sulakshna (Nirupa Roy) and niece Kuku in his family estate. His brother-in-law Gajendra (Pran) looks after his factories and controls his property with iron hand. Ram is shy and coward in nature. He is always abused and brutally beaten by Gajendra. Sulakshna and Kuku try to protect Ram from Gajendra whenever he whips Ram.

Everybody decides to get Ram married for his well being. Gajendra finds a rich girl Anjana (Waheeda Rehman) with the aim of getting huge dowry. Anjana dislikes ram after he spills tea over her due to nervousness. Gajendra angry due to Rams behaviour, conspires with the support of his mother and cunning Munimji to kill Ram and take over his property. Ram overhears and escape to a city to save his life.

Meanwhile Rams long lost twin brother Shyam (Dilip Kumar) lives in a village with his adopted mother Ganga whom he believes as his birth mother. No one other than Ganga knows the truth about the twin brothers. Shyam is strong, brave and mischievous, unlike his brother. He has a love hate relationship with Shanta (Mumtaz). Shyam escapes to city and meets Anjana, who is impressed by his personality.

Anjana and her father confuses Shyam with Ram. Ram meets Shanta who thinks he is Shyam and takes him forcefully to his mother. Ram and Shanta develops feelings for each other. Meanwhile Shyam decides to take the place of Ram to face Gajendra. Shyam refuses to sign his property after which angry Gajendra attacks him.

Shyam retaliates and whips Gajendra hard, shocking everybody. Sulakshna stops her brother to protect her husband. Gajendra is startled after being beaten up by Shyam, whom everybody believes as Ram. Shanta and Anjana meets and both claim the picture of Ram as their fiance. Gajendra understoods that Shyam has taken the place of Ram.

He abducts Ram and Shanta and plans to kill him. He frames Shyam for the murder of Ram though Ram is alive. Shyam is arrested by police. Anjana and her father finds out from Ganga that they are twin brothers lost in a village fair. Shyam escapes from police custody and battles Gajendra and his henchmen.

Gajendra tries to shoot them but both the brothers and Shanta manages to defeat him. At the end twin brothers are happily married and the family reunited.