Bandini

The film is set in Bengal in the 1930s, during the British Raj. Kalyani (Nutan) is the daughter of the postmaster (Raja Paranjpe) of the village. She falls in love with a freedom fighter, Bikash (Ashok Kumar) who later leaves her in the village promising to come back but never does. Broken by her father's misery and that of her own, she moves to the city, to the singing of the sad song "O Jaanewale Ho Sake To Laut Ke Aana"