Plot

Con-man and thief Sanju donates his loot and money to orphanages; his life changes when he crosses path with a notorious gangster, Jogia Seth who ended up owing him huge amount of money. In order to acquire the money to repay him Sanju decides to pose as a member in the Shastri's family only to actually win the love of this family with he himself trap in emotions for the family members.—gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com)

Sanju (Sanjay Dutt) a con-man and petty thief, gets in the bad books of Jogia Seth (Paresh Rawal) and ends up owing him money, which he does not have. In order to get money, Sanju decides to pose as a member of the Shastri family, so that he can gain their confidence and help himself to their wealth. But fate has something else in store for Sanju.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Small-time crook Sanju (Sanjay Dutt) has no idea about a real family-life as he grew up in an orphanage which he even today still supports with regular donations as a token of his gratitude. Sanju is connected to the underworld and sometimes passes on critical information to the police, so that he can earn a 10% commission on all illegal materials confiscated.

When he one day spoils a deal of drug boss Jogiya Seth (Paresh Rawal), the latter abducts a little girl from the orphanage and thus blackmails Sanju to make up for his loss: Within one month, Sanju has to pay five million rupees to him.

Sanju's buddy Natwar (Johny Lever) suggests that Sanju should pose as Sanjay Shastri, a remote American relative of the wealthy industrial family Choudhary, thus gain access to their house and then rob them. The real Sanjay Shastri is in Natwar's custody.

The extended family, headed by Dadaji Dinanath (Anjan Srivastav) and Dadiji Sudha (Farida Jalal), takes Sanju in. Soon the whole family loves this maverick guy who effortlessly manages to solve big and small family problems. The Chaudhary Parivar has three brothers. The elder one is Dilip (Om Puri), who is an honest man and takes care of the family business. Mahesh (Ashok Saraf) is the second one who is a gambler. The third, Satish (Jatin Kanakia) has the habit of stuttering and is absent minded.

Savita (Himani Shivpuri) is Mahesh's wife and Ratna (Supriya Pilgaonkar) is Satish's wife and cannot stand each other. Dilip's wife passed away during childbirth of Shivani due to which Shivani believes she is bad luck. Bela is Mahesh's daughter. Raju is Satish's son who cannot walk.

Shivani (Urmila Matondkar) is the daughter of Dilip. Shivani is beautiful but without self-esteem or confidence. This makes the whole family anxious about Shivani's marital prospects. Sanju also starts laying the groundwork by receiving calls from Natwar about an impending transfer of $ 10 million into his Indian bank account, which he needs to start a project, which is the main purpose of his travel to India.

Sanju wins everybody's hearts by solving their problems. He creates an impromptu underwear ad to satisfy Mahesh & Satish's client. He also starts helping Raju, with his disability. He also promises Dadi that he will make Shivani smile one day.

Sanju realizes that the family has no money. The business has been running in losses as Dilip is way too friendly to the employee Unions, which Mahesh hates. Mahesh says that he has been supporting the house for the last 3 years and now demands a split of the business between the brothers. Dadaji believes that Mahesh is selfish and a vagabond, while only Dilip is working hard to keep the business afloat. Mahesh asks Sanju to invest in the family business, but Sanju says that getting Shivani married to a rich businessman is a better route to success. Sanju asks for 15 days to complete Shivani's makeover. Sanju convinces Mahesh to invest in Sanju's business instead.

Sanju transforms Shivani from a simple girl to a beautiful woman. And, in the process, unites the rest of the family. He brings Dadi and Ratna close to each other by getting them to see that they do care for each other. It was only the lack of communication that was keeping them apart for so long. Sanju gets Shivani out of her world of books and teaches her to life her life to the fullest. Sanju then gives Shivani a makeover with a hair cut and whole new modern wardrobe. He then prepares Shivani for interviews with potential grooms. Shivani needs a little help the next a boy named Mayur comes to meet her, but she does extremely well. Mayur finds her funny and engaging and decides to bring his parents for a formal discussion in the next meeting.

Meanwhile, Sanju stakes the family jewels kept in Dadi's safe. Shivani has now fallen in love with Sanju. Shivani tells Dadi that she does not want to marry Mayur, so Dadi sends Sanju to convince Shivani. Sanju then brings Dadaji and Mahesh close together and makes them realize that they still love each other. Sanju then cures Satish of his stutter.

Sanju wants Shivani to marry Mayur, as Mayur comes from a rich family. After the marriage, Mayur's family will help support Dilip's businesses and Mahesh promises to get funds for Sanju's business investment as well.

More and more, Sanju realizes how dear this family has become to his heart. But still the little orphan Munni is at the mercy of Jogiya. There is trouble at Dilip's factory. The union workers go back on their word and demand more money to keep the factory open. The workers have been paid by Dilip's business rival and when his factories are shut, the rivals will take Dilip's orders and cause a loss of Rs 2.5 Crores to Dilip.

Dilip bets Sanju to convince Shivani to Mayur, as his family can handle the business. Shivani is not OK to be sacrificed at the altar of family unity and happiness. Shivani challenges Sanju that she will agree to the marriage when Sanju admits that he loves Shivani. Sanju is forced to admit that he loves Shivani.

The marriage between Shivani and Mayur is finalized and Sanju is given Rs 5 Lakhs to start the wedding preparations. Sanju is disgusted at how he has betrayed the trust of the family and admits the truth to Shivani. Sanju asks Shivani to forget him forever.

Sanju robs the family safe that night and exits the house, but Raju follows Sanju and tries to stop him by walking after him. This is momentous as Raju could never walk prior to this. The family is indebted to Sanju and hail Raju's recovery as a miracle. Shivani tells the whole family that she loves Sanju. But this is when the real Sanjay Shastri reaches home and exposes Sanju's truth. He is closely followed by Jogiya, who arrives with his goons. Jogiya finds that Sanju had stolen nothing from the house, but only a few things that would remind him of the love and respect he got in the family. When Jogiya threatens Munni, Sanju attacks him and his goons and defeats them. The family asks Sanju to stay back. Shivani and Sanju reaffirm their love to each other.