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Young Raj Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) lives with his elder brother, Rohit, his sister-in-law, Kiran, and a niece. After an accident fractures his leg, he is unable to walk for some time. Due to psychological reasons, he cannot walk even after the fracture heals. When the Malhotras move to Dehra Dun, Raj befriends their neighbour, young tomboy Kajal (Lara Dutta), as both share a common passion for aeroplanes. Kajal encourages Raj to walk, and he succeeds.

Years later the two continue to be fast friends, and everyone expects them to marry soon. Raj secretly loves Kajal and is waiting for the right time to propose to her. However, Kajal sees him only as her best friend. Raj is recruited by the Indian Air Force and goes for training for a year and a half. After his training gets over, he rushes to Kajal to propose to her, only to find out that she has given her heart to a multimillionaire, Karan Singhania (Aman Verma).

Raj tells Kajal that Karan is the best life partner for her, but does not reveal his true feelings. Kajal and Karan get married and during the reception party, Kajal comes to know about Rajs feeling for her. Hurt by the fact that she did not see his feelings for her despite being Rajs best friend, Kajal asks him to move on with his life as she is now a married woman. Thereafter the Malhotras move to Nainital, and Raj relocates to Cape Town for training.During a visit to a club, Raj meets the vivacious and fun-loving Jiya (Priyanka Chopra).

Jiya falls in love Raj due to his clean personality, but Raj, however is unable to take Kajal out of his mind. After completing his training, Raj goes back to India where he finds that Jiya had already arrived in his home and is living as a paying guest with the Malhotras. Jiya makes several attempts to impress Raj, however, Raj still doesnt fall for her. During Karwa-Chauth, Jiya performs the rituals but, Raj gets angry and Jiya leaves the home. Rajs family reveals that they have always loved Jiya and wanted Raj to marry her as Jiya had already told them everything about her and Rajs meeting in South Africa.

Due to this, Raj decides to marry Jiya and move on with his life.While visiting Jiyas family, Raj learns that Kajal is Jiyas sister-in-law. Also he comes face to face with the harsh truth that Kajal is a widow now after Karans death in a plane crash, in which Kajal survived. Kajal thinks that she is responsible for Karans death as she had asked him for a ride in a bad weather and also loses her mental balance and ends up in a hospital after attempting suicide. Raj helps Kajal recover from the depression and enables her to come face to face with life again.

Jiya gets angry about their increasing closeness and suggests her father for Kajals remarriage. At the engagement ceremony of Raj and Jiya, Kajal comes to know that her family has arranged her engagement also. Unhappy with the news, Raj asks Kajal not to marry Monty. However, Jiya reveals that Raj and Kajal have not forgotten about their past and they want their relationship to rekindle despite Raj and Jiyas marriage. Angry Raj puts sindoor on Kajals head indicating he has now married Kajal and no one has the right to question their relationship.

An emotional and heartbroken Jiya reveals that she wanted Raj to accept his feeling and love for Kajal in front of the world. The film ends with Jiya participating in Raj and Kajals marriage.