Shahid Khan is exiled after impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku in order to rob British trains. Now outcast, Shahid becomes a worker at Ramadhir Singh's colliery, only to spur a revenge battle that passes on to generations. At the turn of the decade, Shahid's son, the philandering Sardar Khan vows to get his father's honor back, becoming the most feared man of Wasseypur.

A British woman who travels to India in search of her father is compelled to take on work in a seedy massage parlor to fund her stay.

An abused boy who sells coffee on a bicycle gets involved in a robbery.

Four traumatic and life-changing stories in various parts of modern secular India.

Because they come from different castes, the son of a tax collector and his true love are not allowed to marry, sending them down divergent paths.

A film about the investigations following the 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, told through the different stories of the people involved --police, conspirators, victims, middlemen.