Rangbaaz
Shiv Prakash Shukla a 25 year age boy from Gorakhpur becomes the deadliest gangster of Uttar Pradesh in 1990s. He works for powerful politicians and involves in organised crimes. The state government felt danger from him and form STF to get him killed in a police encounter by tracking his mobile phone location.
The CM of Rajasthan asks Amarpal Singh to surrender to the police, in exchange for a ticket for the next elections. Amarpal accepts the offer. We go back in time and see a young college-going Amarapal, who wins his college elections after being coaxed by his friends to contest the same. In an unexpected incident, Amarpal finds a new friend in Jairam Godara, a Jatt from a rival community.
After four months of torture in jail, Jairam comes to Amarpal’s rescue and bails him out. Upon reaching home, Amarpal’s wife, Rukhmini, tells him that he has cleared the UPSC exam. However, Amarpal is disheartened as he knows he will be rejected for the IPS post due to his criminal record. He seeks revenge on Raviram and his boss Raja Phogat and starts attacking Phogat’s illicit liquor business.
Back in jail, Amarpal’s life is in danger. But his friend Balram sacrifices his life to save Amarpal. During Chiku’s birthday party, Amarpal’s home is attacked. The family manages to escape it but sends Chiku to a hostel to keep him safe. Later, Amarpal joins hands with Anupriya, a market trader.
Savitri Devi's campaign begins and she senses Sundar Singh’s discomfort. A fixer comes to meet Sanjay Singh Meena and facilitates a meeting between him and Sundar Singh. Anupriya is assigned a new task—to lure Karan Chadda, Raja Phogat’s supplier, and steal his consignment—which she completes successfully. Meanwhile, Amarpal escapes from a fake police encounter.
Amarpal meets Madan Singh, and the two discuss ways to re-establish the power of the Rajputs in the state. Amarpal arrives at a Jatt rally with Jairam and throws a grenade in the crowd. This unexpected act jeopardizes Jairam and Amarpal’s friendship leading to Jairam’s murder.
While Sanjay Singh Meena’s team raids Amarpal’s hideout, Raja Phogat’s men attack his home. But both parties return empty-handed. Amarpal ignores Anupriya's warnings against Sundar Singh and goes all out to ensure his victory in the elections. However, a bigger surprise awaits him. Meanwhile, Chiku is shocked when she discovers that her father killed her uncle Jairam.
In the aftermath of their victory, Sundar Singh meets with Savitri Devi to speak about dropping the charges against Amarpal. But Savitri convinces him that Amarpal is now a threat and that they should get rid of him. Sundar Singh then meets Sanjay Singh Meena and hints at killing Amarpal in an encounter. He then goes to meet Raja Phogat and expresses his worry that Amarpal may have seen them together. Raja brushes aside this concern saying they are now in power and need not worry. However, Amarpal has already hatched a plan to kill Raja Phogat. But will he succeed?
Sundar Singh gets the news that Raja Phogat has been killed by Amarpal who is now preparing to leave the country. However, when he goes to meet Chiku one last time, she refuses to meet him saying she hates him. Amarpal then has a change of heart and decides to surrender to the police. Savitri devi meets with Sanjay Singh Meena and asks him to kill Amarpal in an encounter. Sanjay Singh Meena then stumbles upon Amarpal's name on the same sheet of paper where his name had appeared in the UPSC exam results.
On his way to execute Amarpal’s encounter, Sanjay Singh Meena reminisces his college days and his admiration for Amarpal. Meanwhile, Amarpal is preparing to surrender to the police. But as he hears gunshots, he realises the real intent of the cops and calls Chiku to apologise to her for all his wrongdoings. As Sanjay Singh Meena shoots him, Amarpal’s life flashes before him. After his death, Rukmini demands a CBI probe into the fake encounter. But the probe never happens.
Shiv Prakash Shukla, a regular college going kid, has his destiny changed drastically over the period of one fateful night. One hot blooded act, and the protection of one of the most dangerous men in Gorakhpur puts him onto a collision course that would someday intersect with the path of Siddharth Pandey, a cop with only one target on his radar… Shiv Prakash Shukla.
Shiv Prakash Shukla is now more than a blip on Siddharth Pandey’s screen; he is a voice on a phone call. But who is the girl he is talking to? Is she their key to getting to him? And how did Shiv turn into this feared gangster from that sweet, innocent boy who just made a mistake?
Siddharth Pandey uses every means at his disposal to take the next step to getting closer to Shiv while Shiv and Babita continue their phone conversations. Shiv remembers the day he had returned from Bangkok, the incidents that set his fate in stone.
With the political turn of events in the region, Shiv meets a new personality who offers him a new avenue of work. Tiwari isn’t pleased when he hears of this and begins having concerns about Shiv’s changing demeanor. Shiv’s family grows more distant from him and makes him desperate enough to contemplate an earlier offer made by Chandrabhan Singh. Siddharth Pandey’s force manages to track Shiv’s location and decide to strike without support from Delhi Police.
Siddharth Pandey tries to handle the morale of the team after Bhagwan Mishra’s death and decides to change his strategy. In the past, Tiwari gives Shiv an important mark to hit. Shweta’s wedding preparations are going on in Shiv’s absence while he is making plans of his own. Tiwari learns of Shiv’s affiliation with Chandrabhan Singh and is displeased after a botched hit and decides to take drastic action.
Siddharth Pandey’s team is determined to find Babita so they can get to Shiv through her. Few years ago, Rashmi had asked Shiv of her decision to marry Tiwari’s nephew which made Shiv hate them, leading to the two locking horns in a fight for supremacy. Shiv’s phone conversation with Babita gives Pandey’s team some solid leads. Tiwari sends Ranjan to weigh Chandrabhan’s position.
Tiwari tightens his hold over Gorakhpur, egging the police force to start a manhunt for Shiv while Ranjan gets Chandrabhan to arrange a meeting with Shiv. Here, Siddharth Pandey faces pressure to capture Shiv and starts exploring new options. Babita senses danger. Tiwari commands Ranjan to use Kuberchand’s ransom exchange to get rid of Shiv.
Tiwari plays his master move and supports the formation of a Special Task Force to hunt down Shiv, making it impossible for him to attend his sister’s wedding. Tanuj convinces Shiv not to act impulsively and take the danger seriously.
Climax of the dramatic story; past and the present finally merge. Shiv struggles with his regrets and misses his family while Siddharth Pandey’s force acts on their lead.
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| Language | Hindi |
| Release | 2018-12-22 |
| Producer | Jar Pictures |