Shoaib gives her a beautiful necklace, which, unbeknownst to Mumtaz, Shoaib had stolen from a lady during a home robbery. Shoaib's beautiful girlfriend, Mumtaz, works in a local jewellery shop, which Shoaib visits often, to the aggravation of her boss. Later, Sultan and Rehana frame Wilson to make it look as if Wilson is accepting a bribe, which damages his credibility. Wilson moves to stop Rehana's films funded by Sultan.
Sultan invests black money in her upcoming films. Mirza has a crush on actress Rehana and the two eventually begin dating. But Shoaib is unsatisfied, as his only real ambition is to become rich and powerful, like Sultan, who is his idol. Sultan agrees and helps the young man set up an electronics shop.
Worried, Hussain turns to Sultan for help. Hussain locks Shoaib in jail, but Shoaib angers him as both Shoaib and Wilson make a deal saying that Shoaib wants to follow another path. His father, Hussain Khan, who is a Sub-Inspector with the Bombay Police, tries in vain to guide and control his son his anger against Shoaib began years ago when Shoaib and his best friend Javed were stealing money and got caught red handed by a man, by teaching his son a lesson, Hussain slapped him 5 times. Meanwhile, Shoaib is even in childhood a very ambitious person with a dark and daring character, who is frequently involved in petty theft. Despite being a criminal, Sultan Mirza is portrayed as a man of principle with a heart of gold and a godfather-like figure to the people, even going to the extent of refraining from smuggling contraband as it is against his Muslim faith. Through his influence, Mirza peacefully divides the city among four gangsters, thus thwarting police efforts to curb illegal activities. Mirza has thus been given the nickname Sultan.Īs a grown man, Sultan Mirza becomes the kingpin of Bombay's smuggling underworld in the '70s.
Despite his meagre earnings, Mirza never fails to help the poor and needy, which soon gains him their respect and admiration. Throughout the film, Wilson narrates the story of 1970s Bombay, when it was ruled by a kind-hearted smuggler Sultan Mirza, and how Mirza's eventual downfall led to Shoaib's rise to power.Īfter being hit by a flood in his hometown of Madras, a young Mirza arrives in Bombay, where he lands a job as a coal shoveller near the docks. Wilson recounts that 18 years ago, when he was posted as the ACP in the Bombay crime branch, his inability to take necessary action led to the rise of Shoaib Khan, a dreaded gangster who played a central role in the bombings. When questioned by his superior over his actions, he breaks down and claims that the bombings are his own fault. The film opens in March 1993 in Bombay, with a suicide attempt by ACP Agnel Wilson on the pretext of the recent Bombay bombings.
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