Sundar Gopal and Radha have been friends since childhood. As they grow into adults Sundar develops an obsessive romantic attraction to Radha but she prefers Gopal who is also in love with her. Yet as Sundar has confided his feelings for Radha to him Gopal decides to sacrifice his love for his friends sake. Radha systematically resists Sundars overtures but to no avail. For him she is the only woman in the world. Matching Sundars great love for Radha is his unswerving devotion to his friendship with Gopal. Eventually Sundar enlists in the Indian Air Force and is assigned to a military mission in Kashmir. Before leaving he extracts a promise from Gopal whom he trusts implicitly never to let any man come between Radha and himself while he is away. Subsequently Sundars airplane is shot down over Kashmir. He is listed as MIA and presumed dead. This news saddens Radha and Gopal but they are nonetheless now finally free to profess their love for one another. Among other expr