Fact1: film is set in India during period of World War II, Fact2: unemployed but happy-go-lucky guy is in love with rich girl, Fact3: Anand has left to serve in Army, Fact4: Major tells Anand about Ruma and mother, Fact5: Verma 's family what be going in absence
Output: The film is set in India during the period of World War II. Anand Dev Anand is an unemployed but happygolucky guy who is in love with a rich girl, Meeta Sadhana. Meeta tells her father about Anand, and the next day Anand comes to meet him. Meeta’s father insults Anand saying that he doesnt have enough money to feed his daughter. Anand takes it personally and walks out. On the way back home he sees an Indian Army poster. Eager as he is to get a job, he quickly enrolls, much to the displeasure of his mother. Meeta, not knowing what has happened between her father and Anand, visits his home and comes to know that Anand has left to serve in the Army. She tells his mother that, being her future daughterinlaw, she will stay with Anands mother. Meeta makes sure that Anand does not come to know about her presence at his home and takes care of his mother. Meanwhile, Anand gets trained and is posted in a war zone. At his camp, Anand befriends Major Verma also Dev Anand, a man who looks just like him except that he has a moustache. With time, a bond develops between the two. The Major tells Anand about his personal life, his wife Ruma Nanda and his mother. As fate would have it, Major Verma goes missing in the war, and is presumed dead. A telegram is sent to his family saying that they are unable to trace him. On the other hand, Anand gets promoted for his heroic acts. He returns home to find Meeta there and learns of his mother’s death. Anand envisions what Vermas family must be going through in his absence. He decides to break the news of the Major’s death personally and visits their home. Upon seeing him, the Majors mother mistakes him for her son and hugs him. Ruma too is overjoyed. Anand tells the family doctor of his true identity, but the doctor advises Anand against telling Ruma the truth since Ruma suffers from heart disease and cannot bear emotional stress. To keep Ruma happy and stressfree, Anand has no choice but to play the part of Major Verma, and starts spending more and more time at Verma’s home. Meeta grows unhappy about Anand’s continuous absence from home. Once, when she sees him at a temple with Ruma, she concludes that he is having an affair and leaves him. At the same time, Anand is not comfortable with being close to Ruma. This pains Ruma and she asks him why he is so distant from her, and when they would have a child. Anand replies that the war has changed him and he would never have a child with her. However, Ruma starts to think that Major Verma no longer loves her and is having an extramarital affair. It is now revealed that the Major is alive, though he has lost a leg. He reaches home and finds Anand in his place. He misjudges him and believes that he is taking sexual advantage of Ruma. Major Verma ambushes Anand on a secluded street and tries to kill him. A scuffle ensues, and the attempt to shoot Anand fails. Anand explains that he is merely playing his part to keep Verma’s family happy and his wife healthy. To convince the Major, Anand tells him to come to the temple the next day. He also communicates the same to Meeta. The next day, Anand comes to the temple with Ruma. As Major Verma and Meeta secretly listen on, Ruma again complains to Anand about the lack of physical intimacy between them. Anand then asks her whether she would leave her husband if he were to become handicapped. Ruma’s answer is an emphatic no. At this point, the real Major Verma reveals himself and Ruma hugs him. Meeta too understands the situation and reconciles with Anand. The two couples leave the temple and the film ends on a happy note.