Manasi (Aishwarya Rai), a girl from rural Chamba and the daughter of a folk
singer (Alok Nath). She comes across two men in her life with contrasting
beliefs. Manav Mehta (Akshaye Khanna) is the first and the scion of wealthy
family, who visits Chamba for the first time. He falls in love with Manasi and
promises to return and marry her. When he does not come back as promised, Manasi
and her father go to Bombay only to insulted by the boy's family.