Taking the leap out of classic folklore of star-crossed lovers Layla and Majnun, the story is set in today's time in Kashmir where Laila and Majnu have problems relevant to the youth of today. While dealing with their feuding families a passionate love story unravels. Laila, shown as a girl living in her own fantasy world, always dreaming of a 'special' person in her life, has an encounter with Qais (Majnu) on a fateful night when she secretly left her house to pray in a graveyard for meeting her loved one. Qais and his friends find her identity and chase her till Laila finally gives her mobile number to him. The story advances to the romantic intimacy between the leads, against the background of rivalry between their families. News of their romance soon becomes the talk of the town, which eventually reaches the family of Laila and her father warns her to stay away from person of such a bad reputation. But Laila is keen to meet Qais, despite being warned by her father and sister of the consequences. They meet one night and plan to disclose their relationship to their respective families, and Qaiz promises that he will do whatever possible to convince Laila's family. But before this can happen, they are caught red-handed by Laila's family, after which her father decides to marry her to Ibban, who is a politically motivated person trying to grasp every opportunity to marry Laila in order to take benefit of her father's repute and position. Laila resists the wedding and waits for Qais to convince her father, and sends his father to convince Laila's father but due to the long ongoing feud between the family, Laila's father disrespects and shuns the proposal, to which the father of Qais promises Laila's father that he will ensure that the marriage happens. When Qais gets to know about the date of Laila's marriage he comes to see Laila's father to try for the last time. On the day of her wedding, Qais reaches her house and asks Laila in front of her whole family to escape