[4][5] It was simultaneously shot in Marathi as Lalbaug Parel, while the Hindi version was released as City of Gold.

It follows the workers as politics and greed rise in Mumbai and exposes the collusion between the triumvirate of big business, the political establishment, and the trade union leaders who ostensibly were charged with protecting the rights of the mill workers.

Govind is short-tempered and always willing to physically fight with the owners, while Rane is practical and feels legal recourse is the best way to get justice.

Meanwhile, Naru gets involved with local don Parshya Bhai and starts running errands for him along with his friends.

Baba rescues him from the police after settling the dues by selling his kidney, unknown to his family.

Rane is distraught that just as the court is about to give its verdict, the owners have tricked them, taking advantage of their desperate situation.

Sometime later, Baba finally achieves his dream of becoming a professional playwright and is about to take his mother to the first show of his play.

His mother is overwhelmed by his success, and after a long, hard life, she finally sees some hope.

Rane is still delusional that he will win the legal battle; the rest of them have got their lives back on track, and Speedbreaker runs his gang along with his friends.

The director of the film Mahesh Manjrekar writes in the director notes:"When I took a sabbatical from Hindi cinema close to four years ago, I promised myself that if and only if an exceptional subject came my way would I venture back to do a Hindi film.

"After completing the script in 2007, Manjrekar decided to wait until he could find a producer who would be willing to do a film without musical numbers.