Shool

The film opens with a late-night call from Patna asking to speak to Bachchu Yadav, a ruling party MLA. His aides learn that the party has chosen a different candidate, triggering a pressure campaign to drop the nomination for money. When intimidation fails, his thugs stab the new candidate under his supervision.

The boss’s men locate the new candidate at a prostitute’s abode and brief him on the party’s decision. The candidate is pressured to relinquish the nomination in exchange for cash. When he resists, the thugs carry out a stabbing under Yadav’s supervision.

Inspector Samar Pratap Singh arrives in Motihari with his wife Manjari and daughter, bringing his idealistic sense of law and order. He quickly discovers that the local police operate under Yadav’s influence. The new environment tests his resolve from the start.

At the railway station, Singh clashes with a hard-nosed coolie over a Rs 30 fee and refuses to overpay. A hawaldaar intervenes, and Singh goes to the station to file a complaint about harassment. Sub-inspector Hussain dismissively suggests forgiveness, revealing the corruption that pervades the station.

The D.S.P. orders Singh to break up a fight and arrest Yadav’s men, which Singh sees as the real culprit. He arrests Sudhir Vinod and Lallan Singh, but the D.S.P. later orders their release. This clash exposes Singh’s stubborn integrity and the police’s compromised system.

Yadav throws a marriage anniversary party and Singh challenges the use of loudspeakers without proper permission. He confiscates the music system, triggering a confrontation with Yadav. The D.S.P. mocks rules as inconsequential in a small village, while Singh demands written orders.

The stand-off over the authority and the loudspeakers leads to a heated exchange between Singh and the D.S.P., who, aided by Hussain, frames him for a previous attack. The court of opinion and the system are against him, and Singh is suspended from duty.

During a confrontation with Yadav’s men in the market, a henchman attacks Singh with a heavy wooden club but fatally strikes Singh’s daughter instead. Singh is left grief-stricken as chaos erupts around him, and the incident becomes a pretext for further political manipulation.

After the attack, Laljee rushes to Yadav to report that Singh has beaten Yadav’s men badly. Yadav, showing his callous power, kills Laljee and orders his henchmen to file a complaint that Laljee died due to Singh’s actions. The police quickly move to arrest Singh, who is already mourning his daughter.

A few days pass as Singh grapples with personal and political turmoil. Manjari attempts suicide with sleeping pills, blaming his idealism for their ruined life. Singh rushes to the hospital and a fragile moment of comfort is shared before she dies.

With Manjari dead, Singh feels he has nothing left to lose and prepares to take justice into his own hands. He retrieves his service weapon from the station despite Hussain’s warnings. The line between law and personal revenge begins to blur as he heads toward Patna.

Singh kills Hussain and travels to Patna for the state legislature. He enters the well of the house, drags Yadav to the Speaker’s dais, and delivers an emotional appeal about criminal politics. He shoots Yadav in the head and triumphantly shouts Jai Hind, proclaiming his patriotism.