- Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky's dad, Damodar, has a heart attack and is advised to take bed-rest for two months, Vicky fills in his father's shoes, has a confrontation with a senior employee and union leader, Bipinlal Pandey, which results in a strike. His father intervenes, asks Vicky to apologize to Bipinlal, which Vicky does, and everything returns to normal. Vicky confides about his humiliation with Somu, and both conspire to teach Bipinlal a lesson. As a result, Somu accompanies Vicky to Calcutta, gets a job as a laborer in his mill, befriends his fellow-workers, gets some monetary relief to injured workers, amongst other benefits, is elected as the union leader replacing Bipinlal. With Somu as the union leader and Vicky as the boss there is no stopping these two - until Damodar finds out and decides to put a stop to Vicky being influenced by Somu's middle-class ideas and ideals. Damodar starts a chain of events that get out of control, events that may well see the death of one of the friends at the hands of the other. Will Vicky's and Somu's friendship see them through or will it also be a casualty?—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
- The film focused on two friends (Somnath (Rajesh Khanna) and Vicky, Vikram (Amitabh Bachchan)). Vikram is the son of a rich industrialist while Somnath is from a poor family. They have studied law together at college & are very close buddies. Vikram helps support Somnath's family by paying for their household expenses & even the college fees of Somnath's sister Sarla. After passing law, they both work together at a law firm. Vikram is fired for not taking his job seriously. Somnath quits as well. Vikram's dad has a heart attack & he goes to Bombay to handle the family business which includes a factory. He also meets Nisha (SImi Garewal), the daughter of a fellow rich industrialist who has a socialist bent of mind & has been earmarked as Vikram's future bride.
Vikram joins the Mill & slowly gets involved in the daily functioning. Dhutia is the General Manager & BipinLal is the current Union leader, who is straight forward & justly fights for the simple rights of his workers like compensation for accidents etc. Vikram doesn't like the authority that Bipinlal displays & refuses to have anything to do with him. The workers promptly go on strike, forcing Vicky to apologize. Vikram's dad assigns his personal bodyguard, JaiSingh, to keep an eye on Vicky & to keep him safe. Vikram narrates the whole episode to Somnath. Somnath decides that the only way to avenge Vicky is to replace the Union leader Bipinlal himself. he gets a job at the factory as a lowly worker & even starts staying with the workers in their colony. When the next accident happens, Bipinlal gets the worker compensation sorted out according to the law. But Somnath uses the occasion to demand bigger benefits from the management. Vicky agrees so that Somnath can usurp Bipinlal's leadership on the workers union.
Somnath starts loving a girl from the workers colony named Shama (Rekha). The next issue is raked up when Vicky refuses to pay up bonuses on company day. Bipinlal advises caution, but Somnath has it all arranged with Vicky. He pretends to take up the fight to management & Vicky relents & pays up the bonus. The workers are elated & decide to elect Somnath as their next Union leader. Vicky's dad advises caution that Somnath cannot be trusted as he is also middle class. Somnath begins to sympathize with the workers issues. In a famine year food prices go up 30% & that hits the workers hard. Somnath pleads with Bipinlal to come back as Union leader, but Bipinlal refuses. He trusts Somnath to deal with the issues of the workers.
Somnath speaks to Vicky about inflation & convinces him to raise salaries. When Vicky speaks to his dad, he is alarmed. He sends Vicky away & then the very next day exposes Somnath in front of all the workers as Vicky's friend. Somnath is beaten up badly by the workers but is saved by Bipinlal's intervention, who makes them realize that Somnath has been deliberately exposed. When Vicky comes to know of this, he comes to the workers colony to get Somnath, but Somnath refuses to go with Vicky & instead asks Vikcy to join him. Vicky goes away.
Vicky's dad humiliates Vicky & reminds him that now Somnath will never be his friend again. Vicky's dad then decides to fire Somnath. The workers decide to go on indefinite strike. Somnath tries to talk them out of it, but they don't listen. Vicky's dad is incensed when the strike enters the second month. He orders Dhutia to agree to the workers demands to end the strike, but also orders that Somnath & Bipinlal be killed. Vicky is told of this plot by JaiSingh. Vicky tries to save Somnath, but he is trampled under a truck. Vicky takes the responsibility for the murder on his head & confesses to the same in court. He is sentenced to 14 yrs in prison. His dad dies of a heart attack. Vicky is released after 14 yrs & marries Nisha.
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