Iqbal had decided that his son Salim would marry his friend’s daughter Najma when he grew up. As the years pass Najma grows up in America and when she comes to visit Mere Gharib Nawaz dargah in India, Iqbal proposes to her aunt Shabana that Salim and Najma should get married.
Salim however refuses as he is love with Tasreen who is daughter of a tawaif but when Iqbal threatens to disinherit him he readily agrees. When they get married, Iqbal does not treat Najma well and brings Tasreen home as his mistress. Iqbal is in a fix but is advised by his nephew Anwar to transfer all the property to Najma’s name but when this is done Anwar tries to get Salim killed in a car accident, Salim survives but is confined to a wheelchair.
Tasreen leaves him due to this but still he refuses to treat Najma as his wife and now Anwar asks Najma to be his wife and when Salim overhears this he changes his feelings towards Najman Now the film is about how Salim is healed at Mere Gharib Nawaz dargah.