The movie stars Anil Kapoor, Ashok Kumar, Padmini Kolhapure and Anita Raj.
It is a remake of the director's own hit Kannada movie Naa Ninna Mareyalare.
Anand is a Hindu orphan living with a Muslim guardian, Abdul Rehman, in northernmost India.
Anand is a champion skier, and one day Usha watches him ski, and falls in love with him.
When Anand persists, Annapurna relents and tells them that she will arrange their marriage, but instead she forces Usha to marry the son of N.N.