The film follows the journey of a young man named Raj Sharma (Ranbir Kapoor) who meets three young women at different stages of his life: Mahi (Minissha Lamba), a small-town girl from Punjab; Radhika (Bipasha Basu), a model in Mumbai; and Gayatri (Deepika Padukone), a non-resident Indian student in Australia. The film is about a journey of a man who goes from one love affair to another, only to run into true love.
In 1996, Raj runs into Mahi on the Eurorail, during a Europe trip. Mahi is a dreamy girl who believes in romance, true love and is sure she will meet her "Raj" (the romantic character from the film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, released in 1995), who will sweep her off her feet. Mahi misses her train after getting off at a station in Switzerland. Raj, a passenger on the same train, sees this and to woo her gets off the train. While Mahi is stranded without any money, Raj pretends he has missed the train, too, consoles her and offers to help her reach the airport in time for her return flight. On the way, Mahi falls in love with Raj. They share a kiss after Raj reads her a poem he has written about his feelings for her. Raj gets Mahi to the airport where she meets her family and friends again. Mahi tells her friends what happened between Raj and her. When she opens the piece of paper on which Raj had written the poem, she finds it blank. She goes in search of Raj, overhears him boasting to his friends about the "stuff" the pair got up to, and is shocked and heartbroken on hearing his lies. Raj notices her, realizes she overheard the conversation and leaves shamefacedly, leaving the crying and heartbroken Mahi behind.
It is 2002. Raj has moved to Mumbai and found a job with Microsoft as a game designer. He is in a live-in relationship with Radhika, a wanna-be model. Here Raj narrates how he met Radhika who was his neighbor and to whom he was attracted. Raj gets an offer to move to Sydney for a Halo 3 game launch. He expects to be able to leave Radhika and move on to a new life, assuming that as Radhika is a modern girl who would be able to handle a break-up. However, Radhika unexpectedly announces that she intends to sacrifice her career as a model to marry Raj and join him in Australia. After failing on several occasions to have Radhika dump him, he boards a flight to Sydney on the day he is to marry Radhika, who learns this while waiting for him at the registrar's office.
It's 2007. Raj now has a successful career in Sydney. One day he runs into Gayatri, who drives a taxi during the evenings and studies at a business school during the day. She also works part time in a supermarket as a cashier. Raj befriends her and learns that, like him, she does not believe in the institution of marriage. However, he realizes that he is falling in love with her and finally proposes. Gayatri turns him down and walks away saying that she is happy with her life as it is. Rejection cuts him deep. As he stands alone watching the love of his life walk away, he remembers the times that he broke the hearts of Mahi & Radhika. He decides to return to India to apologize to both of them.
On his return in 2008, he first seeks out Mahi, who is now married and has two sons. He runs into her husband Joginder (Kunal Kapoor) who expresses his anger at first as he had heard about Raj from Mahi's sister and how Mahi had been hurt by Raj. He tells Raj how Mahi is the perfect housewife and perfect mother of his perfect children. He recalls the time 15 years ago when he saw Mahi for the first time. While Mahi is a good wife, she seems scared of love or romance. Raj decides to intervene and apologizes to Mahi. He makes her realize how much her husband loves her and that her husband is the "Raj" she has been waiting for. She forgives Raj and expresses her love for her husband.
Raj then searches for Radhika. When he locates her, he finds that she has changed her name to Shreya Rathod and has become a highly successful and rich supermodel. After much effort, he manages to meet her and apologises. Shreya refuses to accept his apologies and tells him that if he really wants her forgiveness, he will have to work hard to earn it. To do this she offers him the job of her personal assistant. Once Raj starts his job, Shreya makes him work hard — making him do all sorts of tasks, from cleaning to serving at parties to holding tons of shopping bags. She tries to humiliate him on every possible occasion. But Raj remains firm on his resolve and continues to serve her without complaint. Finally she gives up and tells him how hurt she felt sitting alone outside the registrar's office. She refuses to accept his apologies and tells Raj to give up and return home.
But while he's waiting for his flight to Sydney, Shreya meets him and tells him how she has realized that the root of her frustrations was all the bottled up hate against Raj. She thanks him and tells him that she forgives him. Raj is thrilled and returns to Australia.
On his return, Raj finds several letters from Gayatri. While he has been away, Gayatri has had second thoughts and has regretted having turned down Raj. The film ends with Raj seeking her out and reuniting with her. They share a kiss.
Star Cast:
Ranbir Kapoor as Raj Sharma
Deepika Padukone as Gayatri
Bipasha Basu as Radhika
Minissha Lamba as Mahi
Kunal Kapoor as Joginder Singh Ahluwalia
Hiten Paintal as Sachin
Puneet Issar as Mahi's dad
Avantika Hundal as Mahi's Friend (Mona)
Sham Mashalkar as Raj's Friend
Natasha Bhardwaj as Mahi's Friend
Sumeet Arora as Raj's Friend
Pratik Dixit
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