Nandini (Karisma Kapoor) and her two uncles (Tiku Talsania, Jaspal Bhatti) live happily in Canada. She meets and marries Shekhar (Sanjay Kapoor) and they soon have an adorable son, Raja (Master Jai Gidwani). One day, Shekhar suddenly informs Nandini that they are going to India to visit his ailing mother (Deepti Naval). And so they arrive in India. The heat, the dust, the crowd... Nandini and Raja are dumbstruck. Before they can catch their breath, they are herded into a train by Shekhar. A long and exhausting journey later, Shekhar, Nandini and Raja finally set feet upon a platform. But their misery is far from over. There's still a harrowing ride in a dirty, crowded bus through harsh and dusty terrain. To Nandini's absolute horror, their bus is attacked by a frenzied mob welding swords and Shekhar is singled out and beaten black and blue. Nandini is terrified and assumes the end is near, when miraculously Shekhar's attackers are shot dead. Shekhar, Nandini and Raja are driven to a fortress like 'haveli' where Shekhar's father, tyrant Narsimha (Nana Patekar), reigns supreme. Treated insolently by her father-in-law, Nandini is given a loving welcome by her mother-in-law (Deepti Naval). Even as she grows to love her gentle mother-in-law, with every passing day, Nandini is revolted by the savage and ruthless ways of Narsimha, for whom killing is a way of life. One day Nandini sees Narsimha teaching her little son, Raja, to throw a country-made bomb and goes crazy. Shekhar pacifies her and promises her that they will return to Canada soon. Even as she starts dreaming of a peaceful life again... Nandini's whole world is shattered - Shekhar is killed! Overnight, she and her beloved son are at the mercy of the man she hates most in the world - Narsimha. Alone in an alien land, surrounded by cruel and ruthless people, Nandini has to fight her most important battle - for her son.