In a remote region in India there has been a tradition of settling differences by fighting a duel with pistols with only one bullet in each of them. Such was the duel fought by Shankar and Thakur Bhavani Singh, with the latter emerging as the victor. Years later, Bhavani's son, Prithvi, returns from London, meets Shankar's son, Gora and daughter, Tara, befriends them, and eventually both Tara and Prithvi fall in love with each other. When Bhavani finds this out, he wants Prithvi to marry Rajeshwari, who comes from a rich family, and will destroy Gora Shankar and his tribe of gypsies. Unable to make up his mind, Prithvi ends up marrying both women, leading to Tara giving birth to a son, Pratap. Bhavani is enraged when he this out, he has Tara and a lot of their people slain, and their homes torched. Gora himself is arrested by the police, and sentenced to several years in prison...
Sunil Dutt
as Thakur Bhavani Singh
Vinod Khanna
as Thakur Prithvi Singh
Aamir Khan
as Ranvir Prithvi Singh
Saif Ali Khan
as Pratap P. Singh
Ashwini Bhave
as Rajeshwari P. Singh
Neelam Kothari
as Sapna
Anupam Kher
as Gora Shankar
Raveena Tandon
as Vijaya
