Satyendra "Sattu" Mishra (Rajkummar Rao) and Aarti Shukla (Kriti Kharbanda) meet for a proposed arranged marriage and fall in love in the process. Sattu is a clerk, and Aarti wants to be PCS officer and wants to work after marriage. Accepting her wishes, Sattu falls in love with Aarti. They share a beautiful bonding having fallen for each other. On the day of marriage Aarti's sister Abha comes to know that Sattu's mother is completely against Aarti working after marriage, and is unaware of the fact that Sattu has accepted it. On the night of their marriage, the results of the PCS exam come out and Aarti has passed it successfully. Abha advises Aarti that she should run away from the marriage and excel professionally, otherwise, her in-laws will destroy her life just like how Abha’s in-laws destroyed Abha’s life. Aarti, in huge dilemma, chooses her career over love and runs away. Sattu is devastated and heartbroken and his family also gets badly humiliated. He then decides to take up IAS and excel in his life and career.