本片根据印度畅销书作家奇坦·巴哈特（Chetan Bhagat）的处女作小说《五点人》（Five Point Someone）改编而成。法兰、拉杜与兰乔是皇家工程学院的学生，三人共居一室，结为好友。在以严格著称的学院里，兰乔是个非常与众不同的学生，他不死记硬背，甚至还公然顶撞校长“病毒”，质疑他的教学方法。他不仅鼓动法兰与拉杜去勇敢追寻理想，还劝说校长的二女儿碧雅离开满眼铜臭的未婚夫。兰乔的特立独行引起了模范学生“消音器”的不满，他约定十年后再与兰乔一决高下，看哪种生活方式更能取得成功。本片获孟买电影博览奖最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳配角（波曼·伊拉尼）、最佳剧本等六项大奖，并获国际印度电影协会最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳剧情、最佳摄影等十六项大奖。

富有的医生夫妇萨钦和阿尔蒂的独生女阿伊莎被发现杀死在自己的卧室内，马尔瓦德警官调查后认为是萨钦医生和失踪的佣人切坦合谋杀害了自己的女儿，萨钦医生锒铛入狱。中央调查局的苏尼接手对此案进行调查，随着调查的深入，苏尼发现此案错综复杂，怀疑对象也相继死于非命，连自己也差点丧命。究竟谁是真正的凶手？

Mr. Gupta passes away after an accident while on duty, leaving behind his ailing wife and school-going son, Ramnath. Both await for some compensation, and when they are informed that the company does not accept liability for Gupta's death, his wife falls down the stairs. and passes out. When Ramnath goes to fetch a doctor, he is knocked down and run over by a speeding car, losing the use of his left leg. When he returns from hospital, he finds that his mom has passed away, and his landlord has evicted him. Penniless and hungry, he roams the streets of Bombay and befriends a blind young man, Mohan, and both use their talents - playing and harmonica and singing respectively to earn some money. Mohan is on the look-out for his sister, Meena, who works as a Nurse in one of the hospitals and hopes to be reunited with her. Both friends befriend a ailing young girl, Manjula, and hope to get some money from her so that Ramnath can attend school.

Rajan, a wealthy Basantpur man, accidentally causes Shanti's vision loss with face afire. He becomes an eye surgeon, but his friend Ramdas is arrested and sentenced to prison.