It is the late 1980s and Hindi cinema is going through the worst period in its history. The old guard is coming unstuck at the box office and the new generation has failed to take off. Video piracy is rampant and the less said about the quality of music the better. In this bleak scenario a largely unheralded film, boasting no stars, provided a new direction and resurrected Hindi cinema and its music, while giving it two of its most enduring stars. The film was Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.

Gautam Chintamani goes behind the scenes to record how the much-loved film came out of the blue and changed Hindi cinema for all time.