Shakti and Shankar are two childhood buddies who grow up on the wrong side of the tracks, in a shanty town. Shakti becomes a sort of 'godfather' for the locals under the name of Dayavan. He falls in love and gets married to a young prostitute. However, their happiness is short-lived, as the gangster lifestyle begins to take its toll.

• F.K. International
• Madhuri Dixit
• Vinod Khanna
• Feroz Khan
• Amrish Puri
• Anupam Kher
• Aditya Pancholi
• Aanjjan Srivastav
• Amala Akkineni