Malang is an action thriller, which revolves around Advait (Aditya Roy Kapoor), a young introvert with a mysterious past who meets Sara (Disha Patani) during a visit to Goa. Sara is a free-spirited girl from London who comes to India for the first time to live life unshackled, like a vagabond (Malang). Sara and Advait meet and fall in love with each other and enjoy life until it turns upside down. Five years later, an incident comes back to haunt Advait where he confronts SHO Agashe (Anil Kapoor), vigilante killer cop and Michael Rodrigues (Kunal Kemmu), a righteous cop. What is the connection between Advait, Sara, Agashe and Michael?