Yaarana

Kishan (Amitabh Bachchan) and Bishan (Amjad Khan) are childhood friends. Kishan is an orphan, but is self-sufficient and hard-working, while Bishan comes from an affluent background. The friendship between the two is extremely strong and is the bane of Bishan's uncle Chacha (Jeevan), who has his eyes on his widowed sister's wealth. It was Bishan's father who had sent his uncle to jail, but before he was released, Bishan's father passed away. Bishan's uncle then approached Bishan's mother and pretends to repent at his actions, and she relents to give him a place in the house. Kishan had objected to this. He had a strong voice and said that Bishan's father last wish was not to let Bishan's uncle back into the house at any cost. Kishan is an orphan himself and grows his own grain on a piece of land. Before dying Bishan's father gave Bishan's responsibility to Kishan. Bishan's uncle thinks the friendship between Bishan and Kishan can come in the way of him having complete sway over his sister's financial affairs. In a bid to separate the two friends, the uncle manipulates his sister into sending Bishan away to the city and then abroad for further education. Kishan was offered by Bishan's mom, but he won't go on someone else's money. He says he still have his father's debt to repay. When the two friends reunite years later, Bishan discovers that Kishan has a great voice. Bishan is now a successful businessman, and he wants to promote Kishan's singing talent. Unknown to Kishan, Bishan had also married in London and had a kid. But Bishan wanted to break this news to him later, as Kishan was bound to be upset that he was not at Bishan's wedding. Kishan goes to the city with his friend (Bishan makes him promise on his birthday). In Bombay, Kishan again meets Bishan's uncle and his mother. He also finds that Bishan has been married to Sheela and also has a child. Sheela explains to Kishan that her father had cancer and would have not survived long, and this is why the wedding had to be performed in haste and without Kishan's presence as getting Kishan to London would have taken so long. Bishan asks Komal (Neetu Singh) who is the daughter of the music academy owner, to groom Kishan to be a performer and a gentleman. Kishan doesn't know that Bishan has paid the music academy Rs 50,000 for Kishan training and grooming. Johnny (Kader Khan) is Bishan's driver. Bishan is the owner of a shipping company and even has his own merchant ship. In the meantime, Bishan discovers that the family wealth has been systematically looted over the last 18 years by the uncle and his son Jagdish. He is forced to borrow by mortgaging his remaining assets in order to ensure that Kishan becomes a successful singer. The Rs 50K check that Bishan had given to the music academy, has bounced. So, Bishan borrows against his house & ship to continue Kishan's training and to pay for the huge stadium where Kishan's first concert will be held. Kishan tries to get expelled from the process by being uncooperative and disruptive. The academy finally has enough and calls Bishan to take Kishan away. Bishan takes Kishan to the stadium that he has booked for his first concert to show him how much he believes in his friend. Kishan now understands the gravity of the situation and vows to work hard to become capable of achieving his friend's dream. Bishan's actions cause a major rift between Bishan and his wife Sheela (Tanuja), who is convinced that Kishan will turn his back on his friend if he were to ever succeed. Due to his theatrics Kishan is about to kicked off the academy but changes his tune when he finds that Bishan has planned a huge launch for him and staked everything on his future. Komal trains him personally. On the night of the debut concert Sheela leaves Bishan and takes away their son. Kishan gets cold feet and can't sing without Bishan on his debut night. Komal tells him she loves him, and Kishan gets his confidence back. Kishan's debut concert is a huge success, and he goes on to donate the proceeds of his earnings and consequent record deals in order to rid his friend Bishan of his many mortgages and in order to help woo his estranged sister-in-law and lovable nephew (Bishan's 10-year-old son) back into the house. Kishan proceeds to become a star and Komal - his trainer professes her love for him. Bishan in the meanwhile falls into a conspiracy further set by his treacherous uncle (Jeevan) and Cousin Jagdish (Ranjeet). He is kidnapped alongside several hostages - primarily children on his shipping vessel, brainwashed, tortured and forced to sign a confession that all the misdeeds have been done by him. Bishan had filed a police complain against his uncle and Jagdish, and as such they were branded as criminals. So, now they wanted to prove that Bishan hijacked his own ship so as to repay his creditors. This was Bishan will be dis-credited, and his uncle and Jagdish would be considered his victims and not oppressors. Bishan loses his mental stability when Jagdish threatens hang little kids unless Bishan signs the confession and goes into shock. Johnny escapes from the Island where the hostages have been kept. Johnny tries to contact Kishan, who tracks Johnny, but Johnny dies in a car accident. Meanwhile Bishan also escapes from the Island. The kids are still kept hostage by Bishan's uncle and Jagdish Bishan is then thrown into an asylum after he has a breakdown and experiences amnesia. Kishan pretends to be mentally ill and admits himself into the asylum by tricking the authorities and saves his friend by reviving his memory successfully by feeding him Rotis as he used to when they were children. Jagdish and uncle ask parents to give ransom money for release of the kids, but they intend to blow up the kids with explosives after the money exchanges hands. Kishan attacks from the front, and Bishan enters the caves from behind to rescue the kids. The movie ends with the children - hostages being saved, the family uniting and the treacherous mastermind Jagdish (Ranjeet) being sent to jail.