• Director : Vijay Anand
• Composer : S. D. Burman( Sachin Dev Burman)
• Lyricist : Shailendra
• Singer : S. D. Burman( Sachin Dev Burman) , Mohammed Rafi , Lata Mangeshkar , Kishore Kumar
• Actor : Dev Anand , Krishna Dhawan , Parvin Pal , Kishore Sahu , Jagirdar , Anwar Hussain , Ulhaas , Rashid Khan
• Actress : Wahida Rehman , Purnima , Leela Chitnis

Raju (Dev Anand), a freelance guide, who earns his living by taking tourists to historic sites. The movies starts with Raju being released from jail, and then the story runs in flashback. One day, a wealthy and aging archaeologist Marco comes to the city with his young wife Rosie (Waheeda Rehman) the daughter of a courtesan. Marco wants to do some research on the caves outside the city and hires Raju as his guide. He discovers a new cave and ignores Rosie. While Marco devotes himself to the discovery of the cave, Raju takes Rosie on a tour and appreciates her dancing ability and innocence. Raju learns about Rosie's background as a daughter of a prostitute and how Rosie has achieved respectability as the wife of Marco but at a terrible cost. She has had to give up her passion of dancing since it is unacceptable to Marco. Meanwhile, Rosie tries to commit suicide by consuming poison. Marco, upon knowing the incidence returns from the caves to see Rosie and gets furious on Rosie after seeing her alive. He tells Rosie that her act of committing suicide was a drama, otherwise she would have consumed more sleeping pills so that she could really have died. On returning to Caves which were discovered, Rosie learns that Marco is spending time and enjoying the company of a native tribal girl. Rosie is mad at Marco and both indulge in a serious heated discussion and then Rosie leaves the caves, and again wants to end her life. But Raju calms her by saying that committing suicide is a sin, and that she should live to pursue her dream. She finally says good-bye to the relation of being the wife of Marco. But now she needs support and a place to live. It is here that Raju takes her to his home. Rosie is considered a prostitute too, by Raju's community (as classical dancing traditionally was related with prostitute at Royal court) which leads to many problems including his mother and her brother insisting that Rosie be kicked out. Raju refuses and his mother leaves him. His friend and driver also falls out with him over Rosie. Raju loses his business and the entire town turns against him. Undeterred by these setbacks, Raju helps Rosie embark on a singing and dancing career and Rosie becomes a star. As she rises as a star, Raju becomes dissolute—gambling and drinking. Marco comes back on the scene. Trying to win Rosie back, he brings flowers and has his agent ask Rosie to release some jewelry which is in a safe deposit box. Raju, a bit jealous, does not want Marco to have contact with Rosie and forges Rosie's name on the release of the jewels. Meanwhile Rosie and Raju drift apart due to Rosie's incomprehensible behaviour when she tortures Raju by not obliging him a caring hug even and asks him to leave her room else she says she will have to go out. Before this they also had a discussion about how a man should live when Rosie remembers Marco and tells Raju that Marco was probably correct when he used to say that a Man should not live on a woman's earnings.Raju retorts by saying that she is under a misunderstanding that she has become a star on her own and this was Raju's efforts which has helped her a lot in becoming a star. Then later Rosie learns of the forgery release. Raju is convicted of forgery, resulting in a two year sentence. Rosie does not understand why Raju indulged in forgery. It was not money, it was the loving fascination for Rosie which urged Raju not to reveal Marco's visit to Rosie so that she doesn't remember him again and to eliminate the probability of Rosie and Marco's togetherness, if at all, there was any little chance even. On the day of his release, his mother and Rosie come to pick him up but they are told that he was released six months ago because of his good behaviour. Upon his release Raju wanders alone. Despair, poverty, rags, hunger, loneliness engulf him until he finds a wandering group of sadhus (holy men) with whom he spends a night at a derelict temple in a small town. He sleeps and one of the itinerant holy men places a shawl upon him while he sleeps. The holy men leave. The next morning, a farmer (Bhola) finds Raju sleeping under the orange shawl. Bhola thinks Raju is a holy man. Bhola is having a problem with his sister because she refuses to marry. Raju impresses upon the woman the logic in taking a husband and she submits, which convinces Bhola that Raju is a swami (holy man). Impressed by this Bhola spreads the news through village. Raju is taken as the holy man for the village. The farmers bring gifts for him and start consulting him with their problems. Raju assumes the role of village holy man (Swami Ji) and engages in skirmishes with the local pandits. In telling a childhood story, Raju speaks of a holy man whose 12 day fast resulted in God's bringing rain to end a drought. A drought and ensuing famine hit the region hard. Through miscommunication of a village fool, Raju's (Swami Ji) words are interpreted by villagers that he will fast for 12 days to end the drought. He fin

This was film based on the novel ' THE GUIDE' written By Mr. R. A. Narayan. whose English version was also produced.

• Track 1 : Vahaan Kaun Hai Teraa Musaaphir Jaaega Kahan... ( वहाँ कौन है तेरा मुसाफ़िर जाएगा कहाँ... )
• Track 2 : Kaanton Se Khinch Ke Ye Aanchal... Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai... ( काँटों से खींच के ये आँचल... आज फिर जीने की तमन्ना है... )
• Track 3 : Tere Mere Sapane Ab Ek Rang Hain, Jahaan Bhi Le Jaaen Raahen Hum Sang Hain... ( तेरे मेरे सपने अब एक रंग हैं, जहाँ भी ले जाएं राहें हम संग हैं... )
• Track 4 : Piya Tose Naina Lage Re, Naina Laage Re, Jane Kya Ho Ab Aage Re... ( पिया तोसे नैना लगे रे, नैना लागे रे, जाने क्या हो अब आगे रे... )
• Track 5 : Gaata Rahe Mera Dil, Too Hi Meri Manzil... ( गाता रहे मेरा दिल, तू ही मेरी मंज़िल... )
• Track 6 : Din Dhal Jaye Haay Rat Na Jaay, Too Toh Na Aaye Teri Yaad Sataye... ( दिन ढल जाए हाय रात न जाय, तू तो न आए तेरी याद सताये... )
• Track 7 : Mose Chhal Kiye Jaye Haay Re Haay, Dekho Saiyaan Beimaan... ( मोसे छल किए जाए हाय रे हाय, देखो सैयाँ बेईमान... )
• Track 8 : Kya Se Kya Ho Gaya Bevapha, Tere Pyar Mein... ( क्या से क्या हो गया बेवफ़ा, तेरे प्यार में... )
• Track 9 : Allaah Megh De Pani De Re... ( अल्लाह मेघ दे पानी दे रे... )
• Track 10 : He Raam Hamaare Raamachandr... ( हे राम हमारे रामचन्द्र... )
• Track 11 : Nag Nrity Sangeet... ( नाग नृत्य संगीत... )