Anand(AnilKapoor)isaHinduorphanlivingwithaMuslimguardian,AbdulRehman(AshokKumar),intheNorthern-mostpartofIndia.Anandisachampionskier,andonedayUsha(PadminiKolhapure)watcheshimski,andfallsinlovewithhim.Whentheyareintroduced,AnandtoofallsinlovewithUsha.WhenUsha'smom,Annapurnadevi(SushmaSeth)comestoknowofthisromance,sheinstructsUshanottostepoutofthehousewithoutherpermission,andforbidshertoseeAnandeveragain.WhenAnandpersists,Annapurnarelentsandtellsthemthatshewillarrangetheirmarriage,butinsteadsheforcesUshatomarrythesonofN.N.Shukla(RameshDeo).WhenAnandfindsoutheisdevastated,andfindssolaceinthecompanyofhisboss'sdaughter,Shobha(AnitaRaj).Yearspassby,thenAnandandUshameetandtelleachotherthatbotharehappilymarriedwithchildren.Butthetragictruthlieselsewhere.