Set in a university in Allahabad Uttar Pradesh the film revolves around two rival political gangs in a college. One headed by college veteran and students` union president Gauri Shankar (Ashutosh Rana) and the other by an aspiring politician Ranvijay Singh (Irfan Khan) who encounter each other constantly in corridors of the university the labyrinths that control student political power. While Aniruddh (Jimmy Shergill) and Niharika (Hrishitaa Bhat) both students of the college fall in love creating a parallel narrative in the film the plot thickens as Aniruddh after turning a deaf ear to the warnings of his friends and lover gets slowly sucked into the world of Ranvijay`s politics. He blindly places his faith in Ranvijay who uses him to win votes from the `a-political` students. One thing leads to another and before he can realize what is happening Aniruddh finds himself neck deep in the game of power politics which leads back to the rooms of ministers and the state.