The story centres on Boota (Faisal Qureshi), the only son of a landlord from Toba Tek Singh. Boota is a mischievous young man who struggles academically. His life takes a dramatic turn when he falls in love with Mahru (Farah Shah), whose car breaks down near his village as she and her grandmother (Khursheed Shahid) are traveling to Lahore. Captivated by Mahru, Boota decides to run away from home and heads to Lahore.
Mahru runs an advertising agency and her assistant Faani (Kashif Mehmood) takes Boota to the boarding house of Zohra Khatoon (Deeba) where he lives. Meeru (Babar Ali) is a fellow resident there who belongs to a broken home and hence has a shattered personality. He makes false promises to girls and then blackmails them after he gets their photos and letters.
Mahru loves him and tries to reason with him. Meeru falls in love with Mahru too but is afraid to admit it because he does not want to be in a position where someone else can exploit him.
This play was quite popular at that time (1999).[3]
