

Sinha throws a party for Sahil's birthday and announces Sahil's engagement to Sheetal, upon which an argument breaks out.

On the other hand, Sheetal (Manisha Koirala), the daughter of Meghnad Chaudhry, is also in love with Sahil, but this is not reciprocated by him, since he merely considers her a very good friend. Ishwar Dewan (Paresh Rawal) is Sinha's Personal Secretary, and his daughter Isha (Kajol) is Sahil's beloved, with whom he reunites after a long time after Isha was sent to boarding school in their childhood. Sinha also has a younger son named Harsh. Sahil is an unattached and easy-going young man, who resents Sinha. Sahil's mother Sharda (Priya Tendulkar) began to live with Sinha after the death of her husband. Sahil Sinha (Bobby Deol) is Sinha's stepson. At the start of the film, Sinha presides over a meeting attended by influential industrialist Meghnad Chaudhry (Dalip Tahil), Vilas Rao (Sharat Saxena) and minister Mantriji (Prem Chopra), among others.

Governor Jaisingh Sinha (Raj Babbar) is a prominent political figure. The film seems borrowed plots from the Hollywood film The Shawshank Redemption (1994), wherein the protagonist escapes from the prison after getting help in form of information and tools from a friendly inmate. It earned several accolades at different award ceremonies including 3 Filmfare Awards. A major box-office success, Gupt grossed ₹332.4 million worldwide, becoming the fourth highest-grossing Indian film of 1997. Released on 4 July 1997, Gupt was praised for its storyline, suspense, performances, soundtrack and direction. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Viju Shah. Distributed under the banner Trimurti Films, it also stars Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Raj Babbar, Dalip Tahil, Prem Chopra, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Sharat Saxena, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Mukesh Rishi and Priya Tendulkar in supporting roles. Gupt: The Hidden Truth is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language suspensethriller film directed by Rajiv Rai and featuring Bobby Deol in the lead role, along with Manisha Koirala and Kajol.
