An ex-boxer Baldev Choudhary (Dharmendra) has had a stain in his boxing career. He wanted to wash it with his son Angad's (Sunny Deol) success, but times were hard and a financial crunch kept him from achieving this dream. Though Angad pulled through fine, Baldev never forgot who ruined his chance to wash the stain. An opportunity strikes Baldev in the form of a T.V. Show. He trains a local boy to get into this media hyped boxing show, but is ditched for a better coach at the last minute. Baldev's younger son Karan (Bobby Deol) has just launched his first music album. Realizing his father is in crises of his life, he gives up his dream of a musical career to get into the game of boxing.

Dans les années 1970, Om Prakash (Shahrukh Khan), un jeune artiste, tombe amoureux d'une actrice reconnue, Shanti Priya (Deepika Padukone) avant de trouver la mort en essayant de sauver son amour. Om Prakash renaît sous le nom de Om Kapoor, fils d'un grand acteur. Hanté par les souvenirs de sa vie antérieure, il découvre la vérité sur sa mort et décide de se venger du meurtrier de Shanti.