Brothers Kishen (Jackie Shroff) and Karan (Anil Kapoor) live in Bombay, where Karan falls in love with Paro (Madhuri Dixit), a pal's beautiful sister. But Karan then leaves India to attend school in America. Kishen, meanwhile, enters into a life of crime, falling under the sway of Anna (Nana Patekar), a drug dealer. When Karan decides to return to India to pursue a relationship with Paro, Kishen tries to keep him as far away from his criminal life as possible, but his plans go tragically awry.