Ravidas, a gifted poet falls in love with Jyoti. Because of differences in caste, the villagers oppose their marriage. He decides to move to the city to fulfill his dreams of becoming a recognized poet and eventually marrying Jyoti. There he comes across a big newspaper publisher who recognizes his talent and publishes some of Ravidas's poems in a column in his newspaper and Ravidas becomes famous. He communicates to Jyoti by writing on the side of the morning express train, hence the title of the film Saveray Wali Gaadi. Jyoti reads these messages each morning hoping for the time when Ravidas will return and take her away with him.

Anil, a street singer, is humiliated and driven out of Bombay along with his mother. However, he soon becomes a famous performer but the enemies from his past try to destroy his hard-earned career.

Based on A.J.Cronin's 'Beyond This Place', this movie narrates the story of an untiring crusade for justice. A young man, learning about his father's wrongful implication in a fifteen-year-old murder, vows to bring the true criminals to justice and release his innocent father from 'kaala paani' (life imprisonment), for which he enlists the help of a press reporter, a retired police inspector and an unwitting prostitute who happens to possess some key evidence.

Two fathers, one poor and the other rich, hope that a wealthy postmaster weds one of their daughters'.