Dr. Prabhakar Anand Amitabh Bachchan is an upstanding college principal of STM. One of his protégés belonging to the lowcaste, Deepak Saif Ali Khan gets rejected for a job because of his background. Dr. Anands daughter, Poorbi Deepika Padukone and his good friend Sushant Pratiek Babbar comfort him. Dr. Anand hires him as a teacher at STM. Alls well until the Supreme Court gives the verdict of reservation for backward class students. The courts decision is welcomed by Deepak, but not Sushant, who belongs to the general category and gets rejected from a government college despite his merit. This leads to a fallout between Sushant and Deepak. Dr. Anand intervenes but only ends up aggravating the situation. Where will this growing unrest between the upper and lower caste end

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Manoj Bajpayee, Prateik Babbar, Tanvi Azmi, Saurabh Shukla, Vinay Apte, Darshan Jariwala

Director: Prakash Jha