Siddharth Roy (played in this imagined film by a gritty actor) is an award-winning investigative journalist in Mumbai, known for his uncompromising sting operations against politicians and gangsters. By 2024, he has built a reputation as "India's most dangerous pen."
Broken but not defeated, Siddharth uses his last uncut, unedited video file – hidden in a web3 blockchain – to broadcast KK’s crimes live. The climax isn’t a gunfight but a 15-minute monologue inside a news studio, where Siddharth confesses his own sins on air before the police arrive to arrest both him and KK.
In prison, Siddharth receives a letter from Meera: “The truth uncut is still the truth. Even if it destroys us.”
The film's first half shows his relentless pursuit of the lobby’s kingpin, – a suave, ruthless businessman with political ties. Siddharth plants hidden cameras, seduces KK’s personal assistant for intel, and nearly dies in a car bomb explosion.