| Director | Raj Kumar Gupta |
|---|---|
| Genre | action film, crime thriller film |
| Runtime | 119 min |
| Country | India |
| Budget | ₹40 crore |
| Box office | ₹153.6 crore |
In 1981 an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Amay Patnaik, who has just been transferred to Lucknow as Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, where he lives happily with his wife Malini. One day, he receives an anonymous tip about black money hoarded by (Member of Parliament) Rameshwar Singh (Tauji), the don of Sitagarh, who had evaded income tax for a long time. Soon, Amay and his team, after much planning, head to Sitagarh.
There he and his team face opposition from Rameshwar's very hostile family, but he holds up to his ideals and integrity. He searches every nook and cranny of the house with his team to find the black money but without any success. After a few hours of searching, when all hope seems lost, he receives an anonymous letter, along with a map, revealing the location of the money in the house. Amay and his team break a statue to find stacks of money inside the statue, Moreover, when Tauji brings out his gun to shoot Amay, he accidentally fires on the ceiling revealing the assets Amay was crowd searching the force. Amay and his team break down more walls, ceilings, staircases and old storerooms to find assets worth crores (tens of millions). As an act of mercy, Amay lets Tauji leave the house to stop the raid as he is confident that he will take the assets before Tauji stops the raid.
He then meets the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, who refuses any help as the Income Tax department is under the control of the Central Government and the raid is legal. The Central Finance Minister is persuaded to call Amay but is promptly rebuffed. A relentless Rameshwar meets several MPs, politicians, senior officers and even the Prime Minister of India, but to no avail. He then rallies his political support and threatens to topple the state cabinet unless the Prime Minister agrees to meet him. As the raid continues for a 3rd consecutive night, the PM and Rameshwar meet. The PM calls Amay and asks him to look for other legal options; Amay agrees to comply, as long as she furnishes a signed order through fax ordering Amay and his team to stop the raid, effectively negating the request.
The PM realises that a written order pressurizing the IRS Officer to stop the raid may reach the media and the Government may be brought into disrepute. She refuses to help and sends Rameshwar away. Frustrated, Rameshwar upon exhausting his political options, tries arranging an attack on Malini, who narrowly escapes an accident. On hearing this, Amay becomes furious but manages to control his anger.
Finally, on the 4th day, at noon, Rameshwar sends his henchmen and crowd enters Amay the locals to kill Amay and his team. A long battle ensues and a nearly defeated Amay is saved in the nick of time by a special police force sent in by the PM. Rameshwar is arrested and before being led away in handcuffs, he asks Amay about the identity of his informer. Amay refuses to divulge this information. It is later revealed that Rameshwar's youngest daughter-in-law was the informer; she and her lover wanted revenge on Rameshwar for forcing her to marry his impotent son as part of a political deal.
Rameshwar is seen wondering about the informer's identity in prison, while Amay gets transferred to another city with hopes of a brighter future.