1996: Col; Hindustani; 35mm; 4724.12 Mtrs; 15500 Fts; 172 Mins; 18 Reels; CC.No.B-5 Dated 22/01/96: Catg: UA

BANNER
Daasa Movies

CREDIT TITLES
Production & Direction: Praveen Nischol
Story, Screenplay & Dialogue: Ali Raza Cinematography: Ravi Kant Reddy
Audiography: Narinder Singh
Editing: V.N. Mayekar
Lyrics: Yogesh, Rani Malik
Art Direction: Sudhendu Roy
Music: Nikhil-Vinay
Make-Up: Prabhakar Naik
Costumes: Yashodhara Roy, Gauri Khan
Choreography: Saroj Khan, Raju Khan, Farah Khan Action: Akbar Bakshi, Raam Shetty
Processed At: Ad Labs Pvt. Ltd.,

CAST
Shah Rukh Khan (Vikram Mayur) Sonali Bendre (Bijuriya) Rajeshwari (Katariya) Sunny Singh (Nandu) Saeed Jaffrey (Madadgar) Kiran Kumar (Bhim Khalasi) Baba Brahmbhatt Gulshan Bawra Rajeshwari (Special Appearance) Mushtaq Khan (Special Appearance) Anju Mahendroo (Special Appearance)

SYNOPSIS
The Mayurs are a wealthy Indian family settled in Britain since five generations with a pronounced anti-India attitude. The elder son of the fifth generation, Hari Mayur, is a rebel. He loves India and when his father tries to marry him off forcibly to an English girl, he flies away to India on his private plane. His plane crashes in the ocean and he is given up as dead by his family.

Unknown to them, Hari survives and is found on an island near Bombay by a young girl, Bijuriya, and her adolescent sister Katariya (Rajeshwari). When he regains consciousness he hears the news of his death and decides to hide his real identity so that he can be free to live in India. He gets married to Katariya and just when they are about to have a child both are killed in an accident. Their young son is left at the care of young Bijuriya. Bijuriya brings up Nandlal (Master Sunny) on her own despite the fact that she is not yet even a teenager herself.

Years pass by and the grown up Bijuriya (Sonali Bendre) dances in a pub for her livelihood, constantly battling advances of the pub owner Banjo (Baba Brahmabhatt) who is in love with her. Nandu grows up hating his foster mother's profession and dreams of getting her married to a respectable young man. In order to raise money for the same he bunks school and polishes shoes and sells cigarettes on the streets of Bombay.

In Britain, the snobbish younger brother of Hari, Vikram Mayur (Shah Rukh Khan), prospers in business and becomes a celebrity. The news of his achievement reaches Madadgar (Saeed Jaffrey), a friendly lawyer who is like a father figure to Bijuriya. He schemes to bring the pro-British Vikram down to India by filing a case against him on charges of fraud. When Vikram comes down to India and learns about his brother's life here, he takes it upon himself to take Master Mayur (as he calls Nandu) back to Britain with him. He doesn't consider it a difficult task being under the impression that his wealth can buy him anything.

The club dancer Bijuriya meets him disguised as a queen and he is immediately smitten by her looks but she makes it clear to him that she will not part with Nandu under any circumstances. On his trip to her island he encounters Nandu. Upon befriending him, he comes to know about his truancy and also discovers the true identity of Bijuriya. When he learns that she is a club dancer, he gets more obsessed with the idea of taking Nandu away with him.

When Bijuriya asks him for proof of Nandu's blood relation with the Mayur family Vikram produces them and Nandu is brought to him. As time passes Nandu develops a feeling of awe towards Vikram and his wealth which seems grand in contrast to Bijuriya's vernacularism. Seeing Nandu transforming into Master Mayur makes Bijuriya sad but she tolerates everything as Nandu's happiness is all that matters to her.

When Vikram files a case against Bijuriya, Madagar convinces him that a better way to have Bijuriya dancing to his tunes would be to make her fall in love with him. Madagar also suggests to Bijuriya that it would be a better way out to charm Vikram than fight him legally. Their alliance is sparked by Vikram rescuing Bijuriya from a goon, Bhim Khalasi (Kiran Kumar), who had been infatuated by her for a long time. While Vikram is only toying with Bijuriya, she actually falls in love with him and the match is noticed by Nandu who had all along dreamt of it. Nandu gets a rude shock when he takes the proposal of Bijuriya's marriage to Vikram and Vikram denies any involvement with Bijuriya. In response, Nandu renounces all the wealth of Vikram, making it clear that nothing in the world can take him away from his foster mother.

When Bijuriya finds Nandu missing she accosts Vikram who reveals to her all that Nandu has been doing for her sake. The meeting is eye-opening for both of them after the meeting and Vikram begins to realise how much Bijuriya loves Nandu and how big a sacrifice it was on her part to renounce him. He keeps his own feelings aside and goes with a huge sum of money to Bijuriya to pay her off.

Once Vikram and Nandu leave, Bijuriya puts the money in a bag with Nandu's toys and gives it to Madagar to be given to Nandu. Banjo comes and forcibly takes her away to sell her off to Bhim Khalasi. At the airport, the bag opens by accident and Vikram and Nandu realise that Bijuriya had been lying all along. They rush back in time to rescue Bijuriya. In the end, Vikram and Bijuriya are married, fulfilling Nandu's dream.