Ajay Kumar (Warsi) is the newly appointed, honest SSP of Lucknow police who tries to crack down on the Uttar Pradesh mafia. He establishes a Special Task Force consisting of a physics professor (Pankaj Tripathi) to counter the politically backed criminal Gajraj Singh (Sushant Singh). Loosely based on the real-life late 1990s organized crime wave in Uttar Pradesh.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Arshad WarsiSSP Ajay Kumar | SSP Ajay Kumar |
 Sushant SinghGajraj Singh | Gajraj Singh |
 Pankaj KapurProfessor Bhole Shankar Tiwari | Professor Bhole Shankar Tiwari |
 Mahima ChaudhryAnamika Kant | Anamika Kant |
 Suhasini MulayPrabha Kumar | Prabha Kumar |
 Rajendra GuptaADG (Law and Order) Kapoor | ADG (Law and Order) Kapoor |
 Naved AslamInspector Joginder Singh Solanki | Inspector Joginder Singh Solanki |
 Ghanshyam GargSub Inspector Baidyanath Mishra | Sub Inspector Baidyanath Mishra |
 Ujjwal ChopraInspector Sayyed | Inspector Sayyed |
| JJeetpalInspector Yadav | Inspector Yadav |
| VVishnu SharmaChief Minister Raghuvir Singh | Chief Minister Raghuvir Singh |
 Rajendra SethiSatyapal Mehra | Satyapal Mehra |