Bhagalpur, 1980: In a show of shocking police brutality, 31 undertrials are blinded in custody after being convicted by the courts. After a national outcry, the policemen are suspended but subsequently reinstated.
Phoolan Devi, notorious after the Behmai massacre, and dasyu samrat Malkhan Singh, rulerof Chambal, surrender in the eighties. After long jail stints, Phoolan Devi becomes an MP from Mirzapur and her life inspires the award-winning Bandit Queen. Malkhan dabbles in politics.
After several years in jail, Charles Sobhraj, the bikini killer, escapes only to be arrested in a Goa bar on his birthday by Inspector Madhukar Zende. In the back-alleys of Bombays Bhendi bazaar, Dawood Ibrahim, son of a lowly cop, becomes a high-profile don who mingles with Bollywoods rich and famous.
