IDI narrates the story of a rich man who has dreamt of being a police officer all his life and eventually works hard to become one.

The plot is inspired by the 2007 Hollywood film "Hot Fuzz" The story is about Dawood Ibrahim, a man from a wealthy family, who chooses to become an honest police officer to give back to his community.

He is transferred to a poor town Kollanahalli, at the Kerala-Karnataka border as the inspector of the local police station.

Soon, he meets Appendix Pappy, who swallows every gold or valuables he steals and Vasu, Karthavu and Kaimal, who are local thieves.

Dawood hatches a plan to get a transfer to another police station by telling the trio to steal money from the local bank and rendezvous with him at a secluded place.

Dawood, with the help of Appendix Pappi, manages to track and nab all 6 members and discovers about Akbar Ali's involvement.

[3][4][5] Asif Ali, who was cast in the lead, announced that he will produce the film under his production banner Adam's World of Imagination, but when he left the project, Ajaz Ibrahim and Arun signed to produce the film under Magic Lantern Productions.

[15] Sajid chose Rahul Raj and Praveen Varma as the film's music composer and costume designer.