Waqt

Lala Kedarnath Prasanta (Balraj Sahni) has three sons whose birthdays are on the same day. On the occasion of their birthday celebration, they are visited by a well-known astrologer, who advises Lala Kedarnath not to be proud for his past achievements and to not be too optimistic about the future as fate (kismat) plays a key role in life. Lala Kedarnath ignores the prediction and is busy making plans for an even wealthier future. Later that night as he is proclaiming his grand plans for the future to his wife, Laxmi (Achala Sachdev), there is a sudden earthquake and the whole town crumbles. When Lala Kedarnath regains consciousness, his house has been destroyed and his family is gone.

The oldest son, Raju ends up in an orphanage, while middle son, Ravi is found on the road by a rich couple who take him to their home to raise him as their own son. The youngest son, Vijay who is still an infant, is with his mother. Unable to find the rest of the family, Laxmi and Vijay live in poverty.Lala Kedarnath traces Raju to the orphanage but finds that he has run away because the orphanage manager (Jeevan) beat him. Frustrated, he kills the manager and is jailed.

As the police drive away with Kedarnath, the audience sees young Raju running in the streets and turning into an adult (Raaj Kumar).Raju grows up as Raja, a sophisticated thief, who works for Chinnoy Seth. Raja falls in love with Meena (Sadhana) and decides to give up the life of crime. To his dismay he realises that she however intends to marry Ravi (Sunil Dutt), who is a family friend. On the night before their engagement he decides to kill Ravi only to realise that he is his long lost brother.

Before he can Ravi about his parentage, Meenas parents decide to break off the engagement on discovering that Ravi is of unknown parentage and religion.Heartbroken, Ravi leaves home after an argument with his foster sister Renu (Sharmila Tagore), over his objection to her affair with Vijay (Shashi Kapoor) who is working as a driver for Chinnoy Seth. Renu has been in love with Vijay since their college days together but Vijay has not been able to find a suitable job in Mumbai despite having a BA degree. Laxmi has been diagnosed with cancer. To pay for her medical expenses, Vijay has no other option but to be a driver.

Raja hears about Ravis problem and decides to reveal the truth about their relationship at a party organised by Chinnoy Seth. Chinnoy Seths employee misbehaves with Meena at the party and Raja threatens to kill him. Later that night the drunk employee gets into a fight with Chinnoy Seth and in self-defense, Chinnoy Seth ends up killing the man. To cover up his crime, he decides to frame Raja and drags the body to Rajas house, hiding it in his closet. Vijay happens to witness this but is shut up with the promise of money for his mothers treatment.

Raja is arrested and Ravi defends him as an advocate, while Vijay initially testifies falsely and then recants his statement. Lala Kedarnath also appears in court as the witness who found Raja being caught by the police. Raja is ultimately proved innocent and Chinnoy Seth is convicted after he blurts out the truth in court, thanks to Ravi. Afterwards, Laxmi arrives in the court to make sure Vijay did the right thing. Lala Kedarnath sees her in the court and the family fully reunites.

In the end, Lala Kedarnath and the rest of the family build a new home, and also place Meenas family and Renus family in the home.