Aazam is a crime thriller that revolves around a face-off between the underworld gang and the police who are hell-bent on cleaning up the city. Leading the team of cops is DCP Ajay Joshi (Indraneil Sengupta) while heading the underworld gang is Nawab Khan (Raza Murad) who controls the syndicate in the city and looking for his successor. In a succession battle with a mafia don Nawab Khan begins a game of conspiracy, betrayal, and deceit which involves Javed (Jimmy Shergill), a mastermind in his own right, and finally who’ll reign supreme.