Uma, a mute Brahmin girl, lives with her uncle's family as she is an orphan. Since Uma has a faulty horoscope which indicate widowhood, the family finds it impossible to get her married off. According to a custom prevalent at the time, Uma is given in marriage to a tree.

Desperate for a cook, the disgruntled Sharmas are relieved when a multi-talented man, Raghu, takes up the job. However, when all seems well, the family jewels disappear and so does Raghu.

It's a wonderful story of two friends of different age. Kabuliwala (anAfghani who sells dry food from door to door) is away from home and his family of his wife and his little daughter. He finds good friend in Mini, daughter of a writer. But Mini's mother does not like their friendship. In between Kabuliwala gets involved in a murder case and ends up in jail. When he comes back from jail, first thing he does is to try to meet Mini. But Mini was getting married that day. Meeting a criminal on that day may not be good for her, thinks her father. At first he does not let Kabuliwala meet Mini. Later he agrees to let Kabuliwala meet mini. Kabuliwala finds to his surprise, Mini does not remember him at all.