Leela and Bholaram are a childless couple. Leela works as a midwife, and one day assists Sunderdas' wife to give birth to twin boys. She decides to keep one baby for herself, and tells Sunderdas that his wife has given birth to one child. There are complications for the mother, and she passes away without seeing her children. Leela and Bholaram bring up Kanhaiya, while Sunderdas attempts to bring up Kishen, but is unable to do a good job. So he marries Kamini, who comes along with her brother, Ghendamal, to live at the estate. She has an illegitimate child named Ramesh from another man, and when Sunderdas comes to know of this, he is threatened and attacked, and as a result of which he is paralyzed, unable to move.
Anil Kapoor
as Kishen / Kanhaiya
Amrish Puri
as Lala Gendamal
Madhuri Dixit
as Anju
Kader Khan
as Munshi
Vikas Anand
as Doctor
Bindu Desai
as Kamini
Dinesh Hingoo
as Lokhandwala
Saeed Jaffrey
as Vidya Charan
Shubha Khote
as Leela
Sujit Kumar
as Bhola Ram
Shreeram Lagoo
as Sunder Das
