Chaudhvin Ka ChandPyare Miyan (Rehman) falls in love with Jameela (Waheeda Rehman) whom he catches a glimpse at a mela. Meanwhile, his old and sick mother persuades the maulvi to go to Haj on her behalf in exchange to get his daughter Jameela married ot her son. Pyare Miyan, thinking his love to be someone else, refuses the match and instead persuades his best friend Aslam (Guru Dutt) to marry Jameela. When the two best friends find out this tangle of mistaken identities, both are shattered, torn between true love and friendship. Will the course of true love run through? Who will be the one to make the terrible choice between love and friendship?.
