'Waris Shah' is a story of the legendary Sufi poet Warish Shah covering the period when he wrote the classic 'Heer'. The film is set in the early 18th Century where Aurangzeb is not there but his curb on music being played is still being followed by a group of Muslims rulers. Sufis continue to play music and sing as this they believe takes them closer to God. Gurdas Mann plays the role of the young musician Waris Shah who is a disciple of Baba Makhdoom (Mukesh Rishi). Baba Makhdoom is killed by the Muslim rulers because of playing music and he entrust Warish Shah with the job of writing "Heer'. Juhi Chawla and Divya Dutta are the 2 lead ladies in the film who fall in love with Waris Shah. Warish Shah is attracted towards Juhi Chawla, but has to sacrifice his love when she gets married to Sushant Singh. This pain inspires Warish Shah to write the great epic.