The film was based on Abbas's own story, One Thousand Nights on a Bed of Stones, which describes the struggle in the life of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid industrialization.

Cast

Dilip Raj

Bholaram

Manmohan Krishna

Deewana, the poet

Anwar Hussain

Anwar, the actor

David Abraham Cheulkar

Pandurang, the wrestler

Asit Sen