The movie stars Sunny Deol, Farha Naaz, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Danny Denzongpa and Amrish Puri.

[2] Yateem revolves around a police officer Shiv Kumar Yadav (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), a widower, who adopts a bandit's son after killing the brigand in an encounter.

Krishna is taunted by one and all for being a dacoit's son and he would have run away had it not been for the compassion shown by Gauri (Farah Naaz), Yadav's daughter.

Yadav's much younger new wife Chanchal (Sujata Mehta) treats Gauri as the servant of the house and is also having an affair with Girivar Mathur (Danny Dengzongpa), the local police chief.

The film was shot on-site at a haveli in the Badonikhurad Village of Datia, Madhya Pradesh.