Haseena is very close to her brother Dawood, who turns to a life of crime and rises to power in the Mumbai underworld. After the bomb blasts of 1993, Dawood escapes to Dubai and she falls in trouble.
In 2007 arrest warrant has been issued against Haseena Parkar following which she is missing. She surrenders herself to the court on the day of the hearing. Haseena is accused of extortion money from builder and looking after the illegal business of her brother settled in Dubai, several allegations are made against which Haseena denies being part of. As no witness turns up against Haseena she is granted bail by the judge.—[email protected]
The film opens on 22 May 2007, at the Sessions Court of Mumbai. A large crowd of media and civilians has gathered outside. Five taxis carrying a Burqa-clad woman each arrive at the court. Khalid, the trusted right-hand man of Haseena Parkar escorts them to the courtroom. The judge asks Haseena to come in the stand and address her identity. Subsequently, all the women lift their veils and reveal themselves.Here, the hearing begins.
Defense lawyer Saabir (Sunil Upadhyay) & Advocate Shyam Keswani (Rajesh Tailang) argue that Haseena has been dragged to court only because her brother is a famous criminal. Public prosecutor alleges that Haseena runs an extortion business (including illegal real estate and Hawala) using her brother Dawood's name and influence. Roshni says that Haseena is suspected in 88 extortion cases, and this is the first time she has faced a court.
In 1972 Haseena Parkar (Shraddha Kapoor) (Born Haseena Kaskar) lives with her close to dozen siblings in a small house in central Mumbai. Her dad Ibrahim Kaskar was a police constable who was arrested while taking a bribe to allow smuggling.
She is very close to one of her brothers Dawood Ibrahim (Siddhanth Kapoor) who however turns to crime.Haseena's father is an unforgiving man and turns his own sons to the police when he finds that they were involved in a bank robbery in 1974.Haseena argues in court that Dawood became a gangster not to hurt people, but to save himself from getting hurt.
In 1976, Dawood takes over as the don of his local area Nagpada, after defeating his rivals, supported by the local inspector Ranbir Likha (Samar Jai Singh) who wants to use Dawood to rid the area of mafia crime. Dawood argues that if he does not eliminate his rivals, then they would eliminate him.Under police protection, soon Dawood becomes the biggest smuggler of Mumbai.
In 1980, Dawood meets Karim Lala at Sassoon docks in Mumbai. Karim Lala tries to get Dawood and his main rival Pathaan to bury their differences and share the riches of Mumbai. But Dawood knows that he is in ascendancy and refuses to compromise.
Haseena gets married to the kind heart person Ibrahim Parkar (Ankur Bhatia) and yet, she is compelled to face the brunt of her brother's actions. Ibrahim Parkar ran a small restaurant in Mumbai.Ibrahim Parkar had been working as a stunt man in films for the last 10 years. Soon, Haseena is pregnant.Haseena uses her stature as the sister of Dawood to settle small matters in the Chawl and makes sure that her will is the law. Haseena claims in court that she had no knowledge if Ibrahim Parkar ever used Dawood's name to further his business in any way.
As her brother turns big in the underworld scene, his enemies also increase manifold. The tensions escalate and Dawood's brother is eliminated by Pathaan in a shootout in 1981. In 1983 Dawood orders the killing of his rivals who killed his brother. The gang wars continue for a few years and Dawood loses a few more brothers. In 1984 police orders a crackdown on D-gang and many of Dawood's gang members are eradicated by police encounters.
This forces Dawood to leave India and that's the last time he meets Haseena. Roshni alleges in court that it was not possible for Dawood to leave his sprawling business in India and simply relocate to Dubai. She says that it was Haseena who stepped into the void and managed the business affairs after Dawood moved away.
In 1992 One of the enemies eliminates Ibrahim Parkar in a fit of revenge. in Sep 1992, Dawood takes revenge for his Brother-in-law's death by ordering the killing of his assassins. Haseena has to take over the running of the restaurant of her late husband.
On the other hand, the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai send shock-waves everywhere. These were conducted by Dawood in response to the Hindu Muslim riots in Mumbai in 1992. Haseena's brother emerges as one of the key conspirators in this ghastly crime. But he had escaped to Dubai and again, it's Haseena who falls into trouble. Haseena is grilled by the police, but she resolutely defends her brother and says that he loves Mumbai and would never carry out such an act.
This is when she realizes that she can no longer be a victim - she hits back and emerges as the only 'Aapa' in Mumbai underworld. Haseena Parkar (Shraddha Kapoor) visits the court after 88 cases registers on herself in relevance to continuation of extortion in the D-Company following her brother, Dawood Ibrahim. However, Haseena claims that she is not included in the process of extortion and discusses about her whole life that how a nervous bride turned into the Godmother of Nagpada.
The Public Prosecutor Roshni Satam (Priyanka Sethia) claims that Haseena transformed into the most expensive and reliable arbiter of Mumbai and used to run open public courts solving marriage issues to complex property disputes, all for a fee and under the threat of a gun from Dubai. Slowly, Haseena gets into the property business herself, so much so that without her permission no one could even sell their property without paying a fee to Haseena Parkar. But Haseena is careful never to use Dawood's name directly. Therefore, no witness is able to prove in court that Haseena forced them to pay anything and thus cannot be extortion.
But Roshni produces a witness in court that says that he was threatened by Haseena's son Danish (Paras Priyadarshan). Danish is eventually killed in police custody upon the FIR by his friend, who turned against him.
The story runs in the flashback when Haseena explains all about her relations with her brother, Dawood Ibrahim, her parents and her husband, Ibrahim Parker (Ankur Bhatia). However, the arguments of the judges Sabir (Sunil Upadhyay) and Roshni (Priyanka Setia) continues leading to the judge being sympathized by the life story of Haseena Parkar.
