In the bustling lanes around Nal Savorar and Ahmedabad’s heart, childhood friends Chintan “Chako”, Divyang Thakkar, and Tapan “Tino,” Pratik Gandhi, dream big and hope to strike it rich with a real estate project called The Other Side. By day they hustle as MRs, chasing quick money and better chances, and by night they chase a grand promise from a scheming Godman who boasts he can triple their profits. The glittering pitch proves to be a larger con, and when the police uncover the scam, Chako and Tino are left with a wrecked fortune of ₹180,000. The sting of betrayal is sharp, and the pair must reckon with a moral price far higher than money.
Chako’s life at home adds a brittle unease. His father, Jeetu Bhatt, runs a small tea stall where a painting by M.F. Hassan—based on the late, legendary M.F. Husain—hangs proudly as a testament to a long-ago friendship. The artwork’s cultural heft is clear, a symbol of trust that now becomes a vulnerability. Jeetu’s painting becomes the emotional fulcrum of the plot as the friends weigh desperation against loyalty. Jeetu, played by Darshan Jariwala, treasures the piece not merely as a commodity but as a tangible memory of a friendship that Hassan admired during those early, formative days.
Desperation pushes Chako and Tino to a bold, risky scheme. They decide to swap the original Hassan painting for an almost identical fake and then loan out the real masterpiece to cash in on its value. The plan hinges on a delicate web of trust and timing, and they recruit Uday, a painter and stubborn realist, Kavin Dave, to create a precise replica. The ruse initially appears to be a clever safeguard against fraud, a way to secure the funds they crave without tipping their hand.
The swap works, and the group approaches Y.B. Gandhi, the local art dealer who seems to hold the key to their dreams. Gandhi, portrayed by Manoj Joshi, agrees to mortgage the painting and offers a pathway to liquidity. Yet soon the veneer cracks. Gandhi reveals that the painting he received appears fake and accuses Chako of a possible double-cross, suggesting that Tino may have engaged with another dealer. Chako, convinced of the fraud’s roots, returns the money and confronts Tino, who—surprised by the insinuations—has indeed been playing a dangerous game, manipulated by Uday’s own scheme for an art survey. The family rift widens as Jeetu’s trust in his son shatters and he casts Chako out of the home.
The truth behind the deception is more tangled than anyone suspected. The Muhammad Hassan painting was, in fact, original all along, and Gandhi had manipulated the narrative to discredit Jeetu and Hassan’s legacy. Gandhi publicly humiliates Jeetu by denying Hassan’s friendship and claims that the stories of Hassan painting at the tea stall are all fabrications. The public shaking of Jeetu’s credibility lands hard on the family, and Chako is left to question the very friendships they trusted.
In a bid to redeem themselves and restore Hassan’s honor, Chako and Tino hatch a meticulous plan to outmaneuver Gandhi’s endless greed. They recruit Jigisha, Tino’s girlfriend, Samvedna Suwalka, and Uday to help stage a sting that twists Gandhi’s own avarice back upon him. The centerpiece of the ruse is an invented figure: Prabodh Gupta, a fictitious international artist from Bihar who has yet to exhibit in India. To bring Prabodh to life, the group hires a method actor named Pranav, portrayed by Amit Mistry, who embodies the persona with slick sophistication. The plan is simple in theory but dangerous in practice: fund a sham NGO and stage Prabodh Gupta’s supposed lucrative first exhibition, using this elaborate cover to lure Gandhi into backing the operation and, crucially, to secure the tea stall painting for good.
As the exhibition event looms, the team navigates a tightrope of deceit. Pranav—realistic, convincing, and fully immersed as Prabodh Gupta—helps Gandhi believe that the NGO and the exhibition are real. The art heist accelerates as they pull back the original Hassan painting at the critical moment, just as Gandhi realizes he has been outwitted by a con of his own making. The confrontation becomes a tense standoff: Chako, Tino, and Jeetu stand firm, demanding that Gandhi publicly retract his damaging statements about Jeetu and the Hassan painting, or face consequences for selling a fake work and for orchestrating a fraudulent persona.
Gandhi, faced with a convincing network of fraud and a public reputation on the line, retreats to a forced admission. The next morning, Gandhi hosts a televised press conference in which he apologizes for his earlier accusations against Jeetu, and the truth about Hassan’s friendship is allowed to surface. The painting is returned to Jeetu’s tea stall, and the wounds between father and son begin to heal as Chako and Jeetu reconcile. The film closes on a note of personal and communal vindication: Uday’s own paintings become a catalyst for his broader recognition, and Chako and Tino, having faced the consequences of their greed, look toward a more hopeful future together.
What begins as a story of friendship and ambition evolves into a meditation on trust, value, and redemption. The realm of art, money, and media becomes a stage for truth to emerge, with Chako and Tino learning that no amount of quick profit is worth compromising the integrity of a family, a friend, or a culture that Hassan helped shape. The tale ends not with a grand, glittering triumph, but with a measured, earned reconciliation: the painting is safe, Hassan’s memory is honored, and the bonds that truly matter—between Chako and Jeetu, and within their circle—are restored.
