Sarkar is a political crime thriller drama. The movie revolves around Subhash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan), an influential man in Mumbai, who is better known as Sarkar by his followers. Sarkar is falsely charged for the murder of Motilal Khurana (Anupam Kher), a political leader and outspoken critic of Sarkar. Sarkar is arrested and is imprisoned. Everyone starts believing that Sarkar murdered Motilal, but his son Shankar (Abhishek Bachchan) has deep faith in his father, and steps up in his shoes and takes the lead to protect his father. Will Shankar succeed in proving his father’s innocence?