 Ranjit, a former neighbour who now runs a motel in America with his American wife, suggests that Rohan should move to America and Rohan eagerly accepts.His mother disapproves because his father Balraj (Rajesh Khanna) abandoned the family to move to America, where he died.At the airport in New York, Rohan befriends Sardar Khan (Kader Khan), a Pakistani taxi driver.