The film is set in the fictional town of Balrampur where Vedvyas Tripathi better known as Bhajan Kumar lives with his family headed by his father Pandit Siyaram Tripathi. Bhajan Kumar’s life with his family was going well till a question on his identity arises that throws the city in a flurry of rumour and apprehension. Will he survive or fall prey to this onslaught?

The Nithari killings were made public on December 29, 2006, when eight children's skeleton remains were found in a house drain in Nithari, Noida. The home's owner and his domestic assistant, were detained by the police.