This is a remake of the Japanese movie High and Low (1963), directed by Akira Kurosawa,[4] which itself was based on the American novel King's Ransom (1959), by Ed McBain.

[5] Haridas Choudhry lives a wealthy lifestyle in Mumbai, India, along with his wife, Sonu, son, Guddu, and sister, Geeta.

He had started his career as a lowly cobbler on a corner of a busy street, but is now the owner of a shoe company.

Nevertheless, he decides to pay the ransom, this time with the help of Inspector Amarnath Gill, his sister's estranged boyfriend, who he had turned down as he was not wealthy enough.

The money is turned over to the kidnappers, two associates, Manmohan and Preeti, are arrested, Bansi is found and returned to his dad.