| Director | David Dhawan |
|---|---|
| Genre | comedy film, romance film, romantic comedy |
| Runtime | 165 min |
| Country | India |
| Budget | ₹15 crore |
| Box office | ₹56 crore |
Sameer Malhotra is ill-tempered and has anger-management issues since his parents died during his childhood. The only person who could calm down his temper was his best friend, Arun. When he beats up a group of goons who tried to assault his girlfriend Roma, she breaks up with him because of his temper. According to his horoscope, Sameer is unlucky in love. To escape further similar issues, he becomes a lifeguard in Goa.
On the train, Sameer's co-passenger Suraj makes him think that he is a thief by asking him where he keeps important things (like money) in his luggage. Sameer stays awake all night to avoid being robbed, while Suraj sleeps after conning Sameer into guarding his luggage. Suraj admits this to Sameer the next morning at the station. Sameer learns that Suraj is a security guard at his resort and puts him on night guard duty for three months. This puts a crimp in Suraj's marriage, and, although he apologises, Sameer is adamant.
Sameer meets his next door neighbour Rani, an up-and-coming fashion designer, and falls in love with her. After a rough start with her father, Jugraj Singh, a former colonel, Rani and Sameer become friends. Sameer's bad luck comes into play; he disagrees with Singh, and Rani becomes angry with him when she overhears him saying bad things about her to Pandit Raj Purohit Jyotshi, an astrologer.
Trouble arrives in the form of Sunny, who shares a room with Sameer. He meets Rani, falls in love with her, and decides to capitalise on Sameer's mistakes. This causes friction between the roommates. Sameer anonymously gives Rani the money she needs for a fashion competition, calling himself her "well-wisher." Rani wins the competition and wants to thank her "well wisher" in person. Sameer, who gave Rani the money he had saved for his grandmother's eye surgery and his sister's wedding, goes to meet her, but Sunny gets there first, claims to be the well-wisher, and takes her away. Sameer follows on his motorcycle and accidentally injures Singh. Sunny, who takes credit for a painting of Rani by Sameer, kidnaps her dog Tommy and frames Sameer. Sameer buys an identical dog and tells Singh that he has found Tommy. He is exposed when the dog bites Singh and runs away after he gives it a cold bath.
Although Sameer is angry, he reconciles with Rani with the help of a magician at a New Year's Eve party. Sunny places a bar dancer in Sameer's room one morning; Rani, who went there to invite him for breakfast, sees the dancer sleeping there and assumes that they had sex. She is also horrified that Sameer is now the leader of the Eagle Gang, a group of bikers who roam the streets of Goa and cause trouble.
Sameer makes another attempt to apologise. When he goes to Rani's house, he is surprised to see Suraj; Suraj is Rani's uncle, who now knows that he loves her. Sameer apologises and takes Suraj off night duty. Sameer's partially blind grandmother Pushpa mistakes Rani's mother for Rani and tries to persuade her to marry Sameer. Rani's mother tells her daughter to carefully consider whom she loves more: Sameer or Sunny.
Sameer decides to leave Goa, and Sunny tells him that he got close to Rani through Sameer's mistakes. Sameer says that he has had enough dreaming and wishes Sunny happiness. Sunny taunts Sameer again, and Sameer loses his temper. He chases Sunny through the crowd at a cricket stadium where India and Pakistan are playing a friendly match. Sameer breaks through security, takes the microphone from the guest of honour Kapil Dev, and apologises to Rani and her parents. He asks her to marry him in front of the crowd, and Rani runs onto the field and embraces him, thus reuniting with him.
Sunny reveals that he is actually Arun, who came to Goa to cure Sameer's anger-management issues. He also reveals that he went to visit Sameer after returning from the United States after 19 years and met Pushpa, who told him about Sameer's heartbreak and departure to Goa. Arun decided to help Sameer by posing as his enemy, telling Rani and her parents earlier. Sameer is reunited with Arun, who conducts his and Rani's wedding.