The story is about King Karma Dev who gives a lot of importance to physical beauty. His mother, the Rajmata requests Mahamantri Munjal to find him a nice wife. Karma Dev often dreams of marrying an unknown beautiful woman he had once seen in the Somnath temple. Meanwhile, Mrinalla is the princess of Karnataka, who also dreams of marrying a king she had once seen in the Somnath temple. When Munjal happens to see the beautiful woman Mrinalla, he shows the King's portrait to her. She is happy to finally find the man of her dreams and runs away from the palace to search for Karma Dev to marry him. Soon after, Munjal shows Mrinalla's painting to Karma Dev, who agrees to marry her. On the day of the marriage, the King finds out she is dark and refuses to marry her. After several incidents, Karma Dev realizes his mistake and at last, he happily accepts Mrinalla as his Patrani.
The role of Namunjala was first offered to actress Shyama, but she refused the role, which later went to actress Shashikala.[2] From 4a.m. to 8a.m. and then again from 6p.m. to 8p.m., Shashikala practised her dancerehearsal with choreographer Hiralal, in order to match actress Vyjayanthimala step for step in a dance competition that featured in the film.[2]
