RameshchandraChaudhry,alawyerbyprofession,isinlovewithHemnalini,andisdispleasedwhenhefindsthathisfatherwantshimtomarrySushilla,thedaughterofawidow.Heinitiallyrefusesdespiteofhisfatherdisowninghim,butchangeshismindwhenthebride'smotherpleadswithhim,andgetsmarriedwithoutevenseeing,leavealonegettingtoknowhisbride.Afterthemarriage,theyboardaboatwhichoverturnsafterastorm,andtheyendupbeingtheonlysurvivors.UnabletogetHemnalinioutofhismind,herefusestobeintimatewithhisbride.Ontalkingwithhergraduallyoverthenextfewmonths,itslowlysinksinthatsheisnotSushillabutKamla-thebrideofanothermalbbb!Thequestionremains:whatcanhedounderthesecircumstances,andwhatimpactwillthishaveonKamla-whohastraditionallyacceptedhimasherhusband.