The film revolves around Pushpo, whose uncle forcefully sells her to a brothel in Calcutta. On her first night there, an unhappy married man named Ananda falls in love with her over her singing abilities and decides to visit her regularly.[4]
The film become all-time blockbuster and ran for 126 days in theaters. Uttam Kumar give another fabulous performance. Even Rajesh Khanna became impressed and inspired on Uttam's performance. He wrote that he watched the film 24 times to copy him.[7][8] This was the highest grossing Bengali film in 1970.