In this story of the clash between love and ideology, the focus is on Shahrukh Khan, a deceased army officer's son. As a program executive for All India Radio, he travels all over India to interview citizens to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Indian independence. On one of his trips, he meets and falls in love with an intriguing and mysterious woman (Manisha Koirala) who seems to enjoy leading him on. He follows her all the way to Ladakh. After only two days together, she leaves him to join a group of insurgents on a mission. Heartbroken, Shahrukh agrees to marry Preity Zinta, a woman of his mother's choice. Meanwhile, Manisha is chosen to lead a suicide mission on the Republic Day Parade and when she runs into Shahrukh again where the mission is to take place, their destinies intertwine.
