| The film opens with a view of the vast expanse of the Thar desert in the Indian
state of Rajasthan. The credit sequence outlines the infiltration of arms and
ammunition from Pakistan across the international border into Rajasthan, India.
The arsenal makes its way through numerous couriers and gun runners before a part
of the consignment ends up in a tribal hamlet in a forest in peninsular India
near the town of Chandrapur. A local criminal and gun runner Bala Thakur, delivers
the weapons to a renegade forest dwelling tribal leader, Veeran (Govind Namdeo)
who intends to unleash terror and establish his hegemony in the region. Soon after
a bus carrying a wedding party is intercepted by Veeran and his henchmen and the
occupants are looted and then massacred. The incident sends shockwaves across
the country and a stunned political leadership reacts swiftly by assigning the
investigation to a special operative team of Mumbai Police Crime Branch. The team
lands in Chandrapur and during routine investigations unearths a possible link
between the massacre and Bala Thakur, who fled earlier after being warned of the
teams impending arrival.
The scene shifts to Ajay Singh Rathore's (Aamir Khan) residence in Colaba,
Mumbai and him attending a concert by the famed Pakistani vocalist Gulfam Hassan
(Naseeruddin Shah) where he spots a familiar face, Seema (Sonali Bendre). Ajay
and Seema had attended the same college in University of Delhi and had mutual
affections for each other. During the concert there are intermittent flashbacks
to Ajay and Seema's past in Delhi and the tragic turn of events when Ajay loses
his elder brother to a terrorist attack in retaliation for Ajay's father (Akash
Khurana) agreeing to testify against some terrorists in the court; his father
who was abducted is dumped outside his house badly beaten up that leaves him
partly paralysed. The grief-stricken family moves to Mumbai where Ajay's kaka
(uncle) runs an establishment and Ajay metamorphoses into a determined young
man, who devotes himself to becoming an IPS (Indian Police Service) officer.
As an ACP (Assistant Commissioner of Police), he makes a good reputation for
himself as an honest, tough and dilligent cop. Ajay and Seema meet at the end
of the concert and cautiously rekindle their relationship. Seema, whose elder
brother was the organizer of the concert, introduces him to Gulfam Hassan and
after Ajay hands over a recorded collection of Gulfam's earliest recitals, the
two become friends.
Meanwhile, the operative team headed by ACP Rathore is working overtime to
establish the links between hostile organizations who aim to destabilise India
through acts of terrorism, the gun-runners in the local criminal gangs and the
Chandrapur massacre. He puts together a team of specialists, though his attempts
to ensure the participation of Inspector Salim (Mukesh Rishi) suffer a setback.
Salim is an honest and upright police officer who is credited with the best
intelligence gathering network in the force. However, a botched attempt at bringing
in a notorious gangster Sultan (Pradeep Rawat) results in Sultan escaping and
the death of three havaldars (constables). His superiors are furious at what
they perceive as his recklessness and he is reassigned to a desk job. A distraught
Salim believes that he is being victimised since he is Muslim and refuses to
cooperate with Ajay, leading to some friction between the two. Salim however,
comes up with a lead on Bala Thakur, when Ajay and his team seemed to have reached
a dead end, and the two start working together. An encounter at the criminals'
rendezvous results in the death of Bala Thakur and Ajay is seriously injured.
Though Sultan and his right-hand man Shiva (Makrand Deshpande) manage to escape,
the operation is deemed a success as the team is able to intercept a large consignment
of lethal arms and ammunition meant for terrorist acts around the country.
The investigations seemed to have reached a dead end, when a chance clue leads
the investigators to Bahid in Rajasthan and to "Mirchi Seth" Rambandhu
Gupt (Akhilendra Mishra). The investigative team save for Ajay and Salim camp
in Bahid and gather all possible information on Mirchi Seth. Ajay comes over
to Bahid to investigate and meets Gulfam who is temporarily staying in his ancestral
manor near Bahid. The events unfold to reveal Gulfam to be the mastermind behind
the intrusion of arms into India at the behest of Pakistan's Inter-Services
Intelligence (ISI). Gulfam attempts to derail the investigation through political
means and ordering an assault on Ajay to subvert the investigation, but of no
avail. The repeated failures on Gulfam's part displease the senior officers
in Pakistani Intelligence, who dispatch Major Aslam Beg (Sri Vallabh Vyas) to
subtly convey the message to Gulfam- Perform or Perish.
The investigative teams prepares for a final assault on the gun-running operation
and in the pursuit of Mirchi Seth land up at Gulfam's mansion. Ajay feels betrayed
when he learns of Gulfam's treachery, but is aware of lack of substantial evidence
to indict Gulfam for his crimes. He goads and tricks Gulfam into killing Baig
and arrests him for the offense. Gulfam unable to stand the humiliation commits
suicide and the team returns triumphant to Mumbai to much accolades for busting
the terrorist racket. At Mumbai Airport, the team (specifically Salim) is tipped
off on the whereabouts of Veeran and they embark on another investigation.
- Cast : Aamir Khan, Sonali Bendre, Naseeruddin Shah, Mukesh
Rishi
- Studio/Banner : Mosearbear
- Format : DVD
- Language : Hindi
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