Renowned for his bravery, Major Arjun Singh (Shah Rukh Khan) ranks among the elite group of officers in the armed forces. He falls in love with Geeta (Sridevi), a lawyer and soon the couple tie the knot. Arjun Singh has a unique sense of humour and pretends to be dead on a number of occasions. Geeta hates this prank which one day becomes reality. Arjun Singh is assassinated by terrorist Nagraj (Danny Denzongpa) and his friends Pancham (Tinnu Anand) and Rahul (Aasif Sheikh), after a gallant fight put up by Arjun Singh to free his sister Gayatri from their clutches. Geeta's life comes to a standstill. In addition to losing her beloved, she also fails to get justice from the court and the criminals get away scot free, adding insult to injury. Geeta decides to take justice into her own hands. To fight Kooka, she creates her own five man army from a bunch of convicts with no future. In jail, she comes across Kishan (Harish), Kevin (Ronit Roy), Kartar (Ravi Kissen), Khan (Sudesh Berry) and Kabir (Mohnish Behl), all convicted for murder and sentenced to death. They mastermind their escape from her brother who is the jailer (Raghubir Singh) with the single objective of killing those who destroyed her life.