Subhash Ghai's film is set in the India of the Tumultuous Thirties, when nationalists from across the country joined forces to compel the British to quit India. The film is a love-story set against this politically-rife backdrop, about a young, well-to-do youth, Kisna (Vivek Oberoi) shielding a friend, Katherine (Antonia Bernath), from enraged nationalists.

Katherine particularly invites their ire as she's the daughter of a ruthless British Collector. Kisna, gallant as most filmi youngbloods are, decides to escort Katherine to the safety of the British High Commission in New Delhi, where she can be corseted into safety and sent home by ship.

Not very surprisingly, the perilous journey plays host to a budding attraction between the two, and our hero is torn