Arun Pradeep (
Amol Palekar) is a timid supervisor at a Bombay accounting firm who is routinely taken advantage of by his colleagues and faultlessly reprimanded by his superiors. One morning at a bus stop, he sees Prabha Narayan (
Vidya Sinha), an independent young woman who works at a private firm on his transit route, and becomes infatuated with her. He trails her from a distance on her daily commute, being too anxious to speak to her and believing he has gone unnoticed. Prabha is, however, fully aware of his interest and waits for him to approach her. Later, Nagesh Shastri (
Asrani), a self-assured colleague of Prabha's, begins courting her by offering her rides on his
scooter and dominating her attention. Arun watches from the sidelines. He is also duped into purchasing a defective
motorcycle in an attempt to match Nagesh. His subsequent efforts to gain an advantage through
astrology,
tarot cards, and various fraudulent
godmen advices prove equally futile. Arun travels to
Khandala and seeks the help of Colonel Julius Nagendranath Wilfred Singh (
Ashok Kumar), a self-appointed confidence coach who helps lovelorn young men. Colonel Singh devises a programme of instruction designed to help build Arun's self-assurance. Arun returns to Bombay a transformed man and sets about winning Prabha's affections in earnest. ==Cast==