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A young Virendra Pratap Singh a.k.a. Viren ([[Anil Kapoor]]) comes to [[Rajasthan]], [[India]] for the first time, where he is greeted by his governess Durgadevi, affectionately called Dai Jaa ([[Waheeda Rehman]]). His late parents had migrated to [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] before he was born. Initially, Viren is put off by the hot weather and the customs of the region, but soon begins to respect the place and the people. Soon, he meets the beautiful Pallavi Thakur ([[Sridevi]]) and falls in love with her. Pallavi is the daughter of businessman Kothiwale Thakur ([[Manohar Singh]]), who had helped Viren's late father when his business was suffering. Viren and Pallavi become friends. However, upon noticing Viren's feelings for Pallavi, Dai Jaa indicates that Pallavi is older than him, which does not bother Viren.

After losing a legal dispute involving his property, Pallavi's aghast father dies of a heart attack before handing over Pallavi's responsibility to Viren. Pallavi goes into depression. Viren comes to console her at her father's mourning ceremony, but is shocked to find her run towards Siddharth Kumar Bhatnagar (Deepak Malhotra), an airplane pilot and the only man whom she loves. Viren is heartbroken, but reluctantly arranges Pallavi and Siddharth's wedding with the support of his childhood friend, Prem Anand ([[Anupam Kher]]), and Dai Jaa. After the wedding, Viren sadly moves back to London along with Prem, while Siddharth reveals Viren's feelings for Pallavi, which he had witnessed through his gestures at Pallavi's father's mourning ceremony.  

A year later, tragedy strikes when Viren arrives in India after he gets the news of Siddharth and the pregnant Pallavi, unfortunately, being killed in a major car accident, but not before Pallavi gives birth to a baby girl, Pooja, in the hospital. The traumatized Viren sorrowfully performs Pallavi's last rites along with Dai Jaa, and returns to London with his heart filled with grief, after he entrusts Dai Jaa in the upbringing of Pooja.  

In London, Viren spends time with his childhood friend, Prem Anand ([[Anupam Kher]]), and over the course of time, slowly gets back to reality and makes new friends, including a girlfriend, Anita (Dippy Sagoo). He visits Rajasthan every year for Pallavi's death anniversary and to also deliver birthday gifts for the young Pooja. He never spends time with Pooja because she was born the same day Pallavi died and the pain and the trauma of her death is still fresh in his mind.

20 years later, the now middle-aged Viren comes back to India for Pallavi's death anniversary and is shocked to see the now grown-up Pooja (also [[Sridevi]]) a spitting image of her mother. Viren feels that destiny is playing a cruel game with him, but still invites Pooja and Dai Jaa to his home in London. During their visit to London, Pooja develops a happy-go-lucky friendship with Prem and they implement childish ways to motivate Viren into enjoying life afresh. Pooja and Dai Jaa also meet Anita, who realizes how Pooja must be a constant reminder of Pallavi, and tells Viren that he should be ashamed of having feelings for a considerably younger woman, due to the fact that she resembles her late mother whom he loved. Meanwhile, Prem understands how much Pooja is attached to Viren, but is skeptical since Viren is still living in the past in the memories of Pallavi.

 

Back home, Dai Jaa persuades Pooja to get married, but she agrees on one condition that Viren must get married first. When Dai Jaa calls to let Viren know that Pooja has agreed to marry once Viren ties the knot, Viren agrees to marry Anita. Upon learning this, Pooja tells Dai Jaa that she never wants to marry. Back in London, Viren and Prem are wondering why Dai Jaa is postponing her visit to London. They decide to go to India and surprise her. Upon arriving, Dai Jaa tells Viren and Prem that Pooja has vowed not to marry. At her nightly sound-and-light show in Rajasthan, Viren confronts Pooja and reveals that he never wanted to marry Anita, since he had realised that he has developed feelings for Pooja due to her uniqueness, not because of her resemblance with Pallavi, and for the first time in life, Viren confesses his true love for Pooja and the two embrace as Prem and Dai Jaa happily walk into the scene. In the end, Viren and Pooja get married and move back to London.