King, Queen, Knave

Bhootnath (Guru Dutt) arrives from the countryside to seek his fortune in Calcutta, where he gets a job as a servant in the mansion of a large family. The youngest son is a wastrel who spends all his time drinking and sleeping with prostitutes, which breaks the heart of his faithful wife, Chhoti Bahu (Meena Kumari). Bhootnath becomes infatuated with his lonely mistress and befriends her, but is saddened when he witnesses the increasingly desperate measures she takes to woo back her husband.