| Director | Maqbool Khan |
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Set in 2007, the story is about two childhood sweethearts, Pooja (Ananya Panday) and Blackie (Ishaan Khatter), who get separated due to certain circumstances when they were kids. Blackie, born Vijay, has had a criminal mind since childhood when he planned a jewellery heist with his father, but was caught by the police. Blackie is able to escape and has constantly been on the run.
Blackie is a taxi driver who has agreed to drop a pregnant lady off at the hospital (for INR 5000) during the city-wide taxi strike. He is confronted by the union leader and 2 other drivers, and in the melee, he stabs one of the drivers in the stomach. Pooja, who is a prostitute (& is to be married to a long-term client of hers, Choksi Seth (Swanand Kirkire), who has fallen in love with her), decides to escape the brothel on turning 18, with a bag full of stolen money. She bumps into Blackie, who is on the run from the police, and his taxi accidentally collides.
He agrees to "drive" her to freedom (as she is being pursued by goons), in exchange for a hefty amount (Rs 15,000). When he finds out that she is running with a bag full of money, he raises his fee to Rs 25,000. Khala (Vaishali Thakkar) is Pooja's madam and is in a soup with don Yusuf Chikna (Jaideep Ahlawat), who owns the brothel. Yusuf kills Khala.
Ten years ago, Yusuf had taken Blackie under his wing, and he first met Pooja (when she was still a child) at the brothel. He was named Blackie as he used to sell cinema tickets in black for Yusuf as his start in the criminal underworld. Choksi saw Pooja at the cinema and fell in love with her. He promised Yusuf to bear all expenses for Pooja, with the intention of having her when she turns 18.
Inspector Tawde (Zakir Hussain) gets suspicious of Blackie in a taxi during the strike, with a customer. When his and Pooja's story won't match, he asks Blackie to drop him off at home on his way to the station. In the car, he gets info on a taxi driver who stabbed a union leader and a girl who robbed a jewellery store. Tawde asks Pooja to open the bag, and she draws a gun on him. Tawde is forced out of the cab without his gun. Tawde reaches a police station and orders a search for the cab and learns that the cab is registered to Vijay Chauhan. This info reaches Yusuf, who now knows that Blackie is driving Pooja out of Mumbai. Blackie has had a crush on Pooja since childhood, which Yusuf crushed as Yusuf had promised her to Choksi. Blackie defies Yusuf and continues to meet Pooja, and when Yusuf finds out, he beats up Blackie badly, and Pooja is sent to boarding school.
Meanwhile, Blackie wants a 50% cut from Pooja. Blackie wants to run away with the money, but gets a call from Yusuf's goon, who offers to double the money in the bag in exchange for Pooja. Blackie doesn't know that the offer was from Yusuf. Blackie takes Pooja for a fair and calls the goon to the location to take delivery of Pooja. Meanwhile, Tawde tracks Blackie and reaches the same fair. This is when Pooja realises that Blackie is her friend Blackie from childhood and tells him that she is Pooja. Blackie understands but still does the deal and hands over Pooja to Yusuf's goons. Pooja escapes from the goons and hitches a bus ride on her way out of Mumbai. Blackie has a change of heart and goes after Pooja, but realises at the fair that she has escaped. He tracks her, and so do Yusuf's goons.
Blackie gets himself arrested by Inspector Bhim Singh (Satish Kaushik), and Bhim informs Tawde that he has captured the taxi driver, but the girl is missing. Meanwhile, the bus stops at a dhaba where Yusuf's goons are having dinner. Pooja runs into them and hides while a customer calls the police, which goes to the station where Bhim Singh is in charge. Blackie kidnaps and tries to bribe Bhim Singh. Yusuf, with 2 bags of money, to help him save Pooja. As Blackie tricks Bhim Singh as he escapes with his car and the money, Yusuf's men capture Pooja and take her to Yusuf. Blackie attacks the goons before they reach Yusuf and rescues Pooja. Blackie challenges Yusuf on the phone for Pooja. Pooja and Blackie kiss.
Yusuf captures Blackie's dad and calls Blackie a corrupt cop, and takes him to his location with Pooja for an exchange. Blackie knows he is dead in every scenario, so he calls Tawde for a meeting and agrees to get Yusuf in exchange for his and Pooja's freedom. Blackie decides to lure Yusuf. Out and Tawde and his force arrest him. Yusuf's gang counterattacks, and Yusuf escapes with Pooja. The enraged Blackie follows and intercepts them. A fight ensues, and Yusuf gains the upper hand. He is about to shoot Blackie, when Tawde intervenes and kills Yusuf. Tawde is awarded a medal, and Blackie is sentenced to two years in jail. Pooja meets him outside the jail when his imprisonment ends.