The story follows two brothers, Karan (Salman Khan) and Arjun (Shah Rukh Khan), who are murdered by their greedy uncle, Durjan Singh (Amrish Puri), over an ancestral property. Their grieving mother, Durga (Rakhee Gulzar), refuses to accept their deaths, famously proclaiming, "Mere Karan Arjun aayenge" (My Karan Arjun will come). Decades later, the brothers are reborn in different locations, eventually finding their way back to each other and their mother to exact justice.