[1] The second layer, which follows the animosity between the don BalaChavan and union leader Kunwar Singh, is a look at the gangster era in the 80s in the city of Mumbai.

[2] Violent clashes between Bala Chavan and Kunwar Singh lead to an event which changes the lives of the four children protagonists.

The boys suddenly find themselves in adult-like situations and evolve as true and lifelong friends in the process.

The film also takes a hard look at how a seemingly small event snowballed into the longest running strike in history eventually converting the textile mills into swanky malls in the city of Mumbai two decades later.

Vartak Nagar is a funny and violent "Coming of age period film" about the childhood we share, the trust we take for granted, the promises we break and evolve as true friends in the process.