Sapnay

Priya Amal Raj (Kajol) lost her mother at a very young age. She is friendly, outspoken, sensitive, yet precocious. Priya is brought up by her dad, Amal Raj (Girish Karnad) who is a clothing industrialist. Since her childhood, Priya is interested in singing, music and church.Thomas Thanga Durai (Arvind Swamy), a polite, well mannered NRI business man, returns to India from America to look after his fathers James Thanga Durais (S.

P. Balasubrahmanyam) business. Thanga Durai is a former associate in Amal Rajs business, and now establishes his own business empire in the same vicinity, opposite to Amal Rajs factory. He boasts of his sons achievements. However, Amal Raj dislikes Thanga Durais ill mannered, clumsy and bizarre antics though Thomas and Priya have known each other in their childhood.

Thomas, happens to meet Priya at her school when he goes to a womans hostel to see his aunt, mother superior (Arundhati Nag) a nun in that school church. Thomas takes Priyas help in surprising his aunt with a gift on her birthday. In the process, Thomas falls in love with priya but is unable to confess his love for her. Priya has been brought up in a convent school and wants to become a nun, much to the horror of Thomas and Priyas father. Mean while, Amal Raj tries to pull Priya into wedlock through setting up match making with some suitors like Jaipal (Prakash Raj), David (Ranvir Shah) etc.

, but he fails to fix an alliance for his daughter. In the midst of this, Thomass friend Shiva takes him to hairstylist Deva (Prabhu Deva) who is notorious at changing womens minds. Deva befriends Priya to change her mind about being a nun.At one instance, Priya performs singing at a Gala along with Devas troupe, which puts the troupe into the limelight of a recording theatre owner. Deva requests Priya to join his aspiring music troop as a singer and help them achieve the groups aspiration for a film audition and Priya agrees to it.

Deva with his musical troupe (Nassar and his group) play tricks to make Priya fall in love with Thomas, but fails to turn Priyas mind towards Thomas. Instead, Deva himself falls in love with Priya and she reciprocates.Complications arise when Priya falls in love with Deva instead, and at the same juncture, Thomas confesses his love to Priya and reveals the shocking truth behind Devas association with Priya. Torn between the two men, a broken-hearted Priya decides to vow for Nun trainee and fails to fulfill her promise for the groups music audition. Thomas realises this at the end and sacrifices his love.

Thomas and his Aunt convince Priya out of celibacy and marry Deva. Thomas becomes a priest as he naturally leads a life of service to the poor, sacrifice and mental chastity.At the climax,it is shown,Deva and Priya gets their daughter baptised by Thomas.