A job opportunity brings Abdul Karim Telgi, a fruit seller from Khanapur to Bombay. When he is arrested for forgery nine years later, he meets Kaushal Jhaveri in prison and joins his gum wash gang.
Abdul successfully start to steal official stamp papers from trains, but needs a license to sell them in bulk. Against Kaushal's wishes, he uses political connections to try and acquire one from the Old Custom House but fails.
Abdul manages to acquire a license through political contacts but turns his back on the minister that helped him by allying with the new party in power.
Abdul formulates a strategy to get the management of the Nashik Press on his side and facilitates the promotion of their top bureaucrat. He gets the original machines, dyes and papers from the press and starts printing stamp papers.
By manipulating the shutdown of the press and the supply chain of the Old Custom House, Abdul monopolized the stamp market. His success having caught the attention of many, Abdul begins to befriend every new and bigger power in the state.
Abdul grapples with the aftermath of his splurge by redealing with the various personnel on his payroll. However, he turns down Sheikh's request to fund the Karnataka government's attempt to free a recently kidnapped superstar.
An SIT is formed in Bangalore under Suryapratap Gehlot to investigate the stamp paper case. During investigation, he almost reaches Abdul's printing press.
Jaisingh's investigation begins and it threatens everyone involved with Abdul. When no one pays heed to his investigative report, Jaisingh and Gehlot arrest Abdul from his home and take him back to Bangalore.
