How the life of an innocent cook (Abhay Raichand) who works in a military cantonment takes a twist and turns wherein he meets more 9 innocent and idiot people takes the audience on the laughter ride. The cook with dreams of creating his own army with 9 stupid people trains them, that makes the situation more comic. He finds his love (Riya Deepsi) at the same time and entangled with an unconditional term for achieving his love, He has to find the key to unlock his Destiny. Apparently, the key of his destiny has been eaten by a pug (dog) and the cook and his army are behind him and so is a Comic Mafia (Rajpal Yadav) and his troop. Who gets the key? What's in the key? Does the cook get his love? What's that behind which everyone is running for? Is unfolded as a slapstick comedy in this story. Bhaagte Raho is a non-stop action romantic comedy genre film being a family entertainer and a laughter riot story. Everyone keeps running and chasing by creating smiles and laughter from start to end justifying the title "Bhaagte Raho"

Zeenat and Shahnawaz were a match made in movie theatre. They met in 1989, during a screening of Salman Khan's Maine Pyar Kiya, cupid struck swiftly and marital bliss followed. Everything was going well for the couple and their darling children Sallu and Ilmi until Shahnawaz lost his battle with cancer one fine day. Flash forward twenty years, and the time has come for Zeenat to honour Shahnawaz's final wish, which is to find a suitable girl for their son Sallu and get him hitched. The only problem is that Sallu is a die-hard fan of his namesake and has resolved that he will remain a bachelor for as long as his idol does.

Enroute to her destination via plane, a busy executive gets stranded with a middle-classed fast-talking male.