Directed by Rishi Kapoor, "Aa Ab Laut Chalen" is about Rohan (Akshay Khanna), an educated but unemployed youth. He is inspired by his friend Ranjit adn decides to go to America, where he manages to find a place to live along with two other people - one Indian and one Pakistani. He meets Pooja (Aishwarya Rai) over there, who is also from India. Pooja starts developing a soft corner for Rohan but he doesn t reciprocate because, for him ambition comes first. Rohan bumps into Loveleen (Suman Ranganathan), an American bred Indian girl and he feels that she is his stepping stone to success and starts living with her. In the meantime, a hreatbroken Pooja starts working for Balraj Khanna (Rajesh Khanna), who instantly takes a liking for her and feels she will make an ideal wife for his son, Karan, Rohan is blinded by the glitz and glamour of the American high society and on the other hand Pooja lives in the hope that Rohan will return.