Kiran (Rati Agnihotri) marries Vivek, and shortly after they wed, they separate and Vivek returns to the U.S. and refuses to talk to Kiran, who gives birth to a son she names Raj. She learns that Vivek never loved her but got married to gain funds in his fathers will requiring that he marry to inherit. Kiran decides to not tell Raj about his father. In college years later, Raj has become a star basketball player, who hates men who leave their families, using as examples Bhagwan Shri Ram who had abandoned his pregnant wife, and Bhagwan Shri Buddh who had abandoned his family. Raj has numerous affairs with fellow-collegians, and ends up contracting HIV.