Shah Jahan was known as Prince Khurram (Zulfikar Sayed) when he was about 19 years old. Khurram was Emperor Jahangir (Arbaaz Ali) favourite son, whom Jahangir wanted to be the future Emperor of India and his wife Noor Jahan (Pooja Batra) was well aware of this fact. Noor Jahan was earlier married once, but when her first husband died, Jahangir married her. Ladli Begum (Kim Sharma) was Noor Jahan’s daughter from her first marriage. Noor Jahan was a shrewd lady, who wanted the best for herself and her daughter and she wanted to get Ladli Begum married to Prince Khurram, so that she become the Empress of the Mughal Dynasty.<br/><br/>Khurram had a passion for hunting and one day while hunting in a jungle, he met Arjumand Bano. Theirs was a love at first sight as Khurram gets attracted to Arjumand Bano’s innocence and beauty, while Arjumand got impressed by Khurram’s great personality. Arjumand Bano was Asaf Khan’s (Aly Khan) daughter, Empress Noor Jahan’s brother. Khurram and Bano again meet at the Meena Bazaar, where finally both of them declared their love for each other. Ladli Begum comes to know about their love, but she keeps on wooing Prince Khurram. Noor Jahan sees this love as a hindrance to her plans of making her daughter the future Empress of India and she succeeds in turning Emperor Jahangir against his own son Khurram.