Maidaan is a sports biopic and a period drama set on the sport of football between 1952 and 1962, a decade that is considered to be the golden era of Indian football. The sports drama depicts the story of a legendary coach named Syed Abdul Rahim (Ajay Devgn), a man who devoted his life to football and carved a team that carved its legacy with every step. A man who brought the golden era of Indian Football to life by training the Indian football team which was witnessed by the whole world.