Johnny Gaddaar is a thriller crime drama that revolves around the gang of five men led by Seshadri (Dharmendra) who get involved in a drug deal worth INR 5 crore set up by a corrupt police officer, who offers them 50% of the share. Shiva (Dayanand Shetty), one of the gang members is chosen to seal the drug deal and hand over the money to Kalyan (Govind Namdeo), the police officer. However, their plan goes awry when Vikram (Neil Nitin Mukesh), the youngest member of the gang, decides to steal the entire money and betray the gang while for he has his own vested interests behind the whole plan.