Love comes to Chandni (Sridevi) and Rohit (Rishi Kapoor) in one breathless moment as if time and hearts have stopped. Rohit Gupta, an eligible wealthy bachelor meets with poor, Chandni Mathur and they would do anything for the other sake. They plan the happiness of the shared future. Both spend beautiful moments with each other and plans to get married but life has other plans. Their love is opposed by Rohit's family especially his mom who will not permit Rohit to marry below his class. Rohit's mom is dead-set against the marriage at all costs. Soon Rohit meets with an accident by falling off a flying helicopter and is paralyzed as he looses the use of his two feet, Chandni is also ill-treated by Rohit's family members. Unable to bear this and not wanting to be dependent on anyone Rohit decides to humiliated Chandni and get rid of her. Under these new circumstances, he decides he cannot marry Chandni and be a burden on her, and so he refuses to marry her. In one cruel stroke of fate, Chandni faces life alone, her heart and her dreams shattered. She soon relocates to a new city, Bombay and takes up job in a travel agency and she meets Lalit (Vinod Khanna) a heart-broken employee. Lalit, whose eyes are dark with the shadows of the tragic memories of his first love. But in Chandni's smile he sees a wonderful radiance that for the first time chases those shadows away. Lalit's affecton gives a new direction to Chandni's life. Lalit Khanna who is head over heels in love with her and proposes marriage to which she agrees. Years later, unknown to her that Rohit had undergo a surgery gets better and returns home and will once again reappear in her life cannot wait to meet Chandni and re-kindle their love-life and this is where her past will slowly. A'till one day, she meets Rohit again. When he does meet Chandni, he is shocked to find that she is engaged to another young man by the name of Lalit Khanna, and her marriage is to take place soon. Now Chandni must decide whether to go ahead with marriage to Lalit, or break it off and marry Rohit. Now all three stand at the crossroads of love, pawns with the game that love plays with life. Who will win? Life or love?

Spoiler Alert: On the day of the wedding Rohit, under the influence of alcohol to drown out what is going to take place today, stumbles down a flight of stairs leading to the wedding procession but moments before his gaze became locked with Chandni's and both remembered days gone by. The fall results in a hysterical Chandni screaming for Rohit to be saved and as Lalit looks on he realises Chandni belongs to Rohit.