Rahul Malhotra (Aamir Khan) is the manager of the heavily in debt family business. He is also the guardian of his dead sister's mischievous kids. Rahul hires Vaijayanti (Juhi Chawla) as governess. Vaijayanti is a runaway from home as she does not want to marry the man her orthodox family has chosen for her. Predictably Rahul and Vaijayanti fall in love. Meanwhile Maya (Navneet Nishan) a rich girl in love with Rahul tries to ruin his family and his business.