- The headstrong owner of a factory, Sheetal, marries Raju, the union leader of the factory, to quell his spirit and teach him a lesson. In the process, she ends up learning a few lessons herself.
- Laadla (The Beloved Son) is the story of Raju (Anil Kapoor) who lives with his disabled mom (Farida Jalal). One day Raju on his way to a job interview saves the life of a rich textile mill owner (Anupam Kher) who offers him a job in his factory which is run by his ambitious daughter Sheetal (SriDevi). Sheetal's competitive attitude and open insults result in her making several enemies in her industry. Raju works as a mechanic in the mill and confronts Sheetal several times to get the workers proper treatment. Raju's fairness for workers result in him being elected as the union leader. Raju meets Kajol (Raveena Tandon), who also works in the textile mill, and they fall in love. Raju saves Sheetal's life during an attempt by a competing textile mill owner (Prem Chopra) to eliminate her. Sheetal wants to win over Raju and makes an offer to marry him. When Raju turns her down she forces his mom to agree to the marriage. Raju accepts his mom's wishes and decides to sacrifice his love for Kajol. Sheetal expects Raju to move in with her after their marriage and live in luxury, but Raju refuses and continues to work in the mill. Tension arises between Raju and Sheetal, when she fires Kajol out of jealousy. Also labor issues cause the workers to go on strike. The competing mill owner plans to take advantage of the situation and hires hoods to set the mill on fire. Raju in his attempt to stop the fire is mistakenly arrested. Raju's mom goes to Sheetal's house to clear matters but is insulted and told to leave. The bad guys kidnap Sheetal. Will Raju be able to save Sheetal Will Sheetal find out the truth.—gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com
- After Raj Verma saves the life of a businessman, Laxminarain Jetley from the sudden attack of goons; he decides to employ him as a chief mechanic in 'Sheetal industries' run by his head-strong daughter Sheetal. Sheetal and Raj does not get along quite well especially when the workers of her company elect Raj as their union leader. Situations turn more intense day-by-day; and then when Raju becomes a liability to Sheetal; she will now do anything in her power to not only dismiss Raju from his job but teach him lessons of a lifetime.—gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com)
- Raj Verma lives with his widowed and ailing mom in an Indian city. He is unemployed and is looking for employment so that he can get medical treatment for his mom. One day he comes to the rescue of a multi-millionaire industrialist, Laxminarain Jetley. Out of gratitude, Laxminarain offers him a job in his factory "Sheetal Industries", run by his head-strong and efficient daughter, Sheetal. Raj does secure employment as a Mechanic and falls in love with Sheetal's Secretary, Kaajal. The Workers' Union in Sheetal Industries want an election and want Raj to be their union leader, much to Sheetal's dislike. Raj wins the election, and shortly thereafter Laxminarain approaches Raj's mom with a proposal for marriage with Sheetal. His mother is delighted and accepts, but Raj is reluctant, but when his mother insists he relents and marries Sheetal, breaking Kaajal's heart. It is after the marriage that Raj finds out the real reason why Sheetal married him - it was to get him out of Sheetal Industries - so she can continue to run it as she likes - without interference from any union and union leaders. She makes it clear to Raj that their marriage was nothing but a paper marriage, arranged merely to demoralize the workers, and force them to elect another union leader - this time a person of her choice.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
- Laadla (The Beloved Son) is the story of Raju (Anil Kapoor) who lives with his disabled mom (Farida Jalal). One day Raju on his way to a job interview saves the life of a rich textile mill owner (Anupam Kher) who offers him a job in his factory which is run by his ambitious daughter Sheetal (Sridevi). Sheetal's competitive attitude and open insults result in her making several enemies in her industry.
Raju works as a mechanic in the mill and confronts Sheetal several times to get the workers proper treatment. Raju's fairness for workers results in him being elected as the union leader. Raju meets Kaajal (Raveena Tandon), who also works in the textile mill, and they fall in love.
One day, Raju saves Sheetal's life during an attempt by a competing textile mill owner Suryadev (Prem Chopra) to eliminate her. Raju saves her by pushing her behind. Though he saves her, Sheetal enrages as Raju touches her and slaps him in front of all workers. Later Raju goes to Sheetal's cabin and slaps her for five times with an cause for each time. Sheetal cannot fire Raju as then she has to tell all of her workmen she was slapped by Raju.
For taking revenge, Sheetal wants to win over Raju and makes an offer to marry him. When Raju turns her down, she forces his mom to agree to the marriage. Raju accepts his mom's wishes and decides to sacrifice his love for Kaajal. Sheetal expects Raju to move in with her after their marriage and live in luxury, but Raju refuses and continues to work in the mill. Raju starts to live in Sheetal's house upon her mother's order though he continues his job as a mechanic in mill which is now his own.
Raju starts to recognize Sheetal as his wife and starts loving her. Raju also saves Sheetal again when some henchmen of Suryadev tries to kill her. When Sheetal thanks Raju for saving her, Raju tells her that he also saves her maid servant also if she is fallen in this kind of situation. Tension arises between Raju and Sheetal, when she fires Kajaal out of jealousy as Sheetal sees Kajaal to visit Raju's house frequently, though Kajaal goes there to take care of Raju's lonely mother only.
When labor issues cause the workers to go on strike. The competing mill owner plans to take advantage of the situation and hires hoods to set the mill on fire. Raju in his attempt to stop the fire is mistakenly arrested. Raju's mom goes to Sheetal's house to clear matters but is insulted and taunted by Sheetal, and collapses, until Raju arrives to save his mother and slaps Sheetal for taking it out on his mother and breaks his ties with her. A guilty Sheetal who truly is in love with Raju decides to kill herself until the rival mill owners kidnap and decide to kill her themselves, until Raju arrives to save her life. Afterwards, Sheetal hands over the company to Kajaal.
Also she becomes a good wife to Raju and both of them lives happily ever after with each other love in Raju's house.
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