dividuals find themselves tied up into a gruesome game of crime and politics. A shocking and disturbing road accident leaves a socialist professor/political activist Ahmedi (Prosenjit Chatterjee) in critical condition . Ahmedi's adheren Shalini (Kalki Koechlin) believes it to be a premeditated murder. A pornographer (Emraan Hashmi) claims to have documented proof on the mishap that will bring the government down. A high-ranking bureaucrat (Abhay Deol) is brought in by the government for damage control and investigation. As days go by, those involved discover a hidden secret in the governments sector: a vision of a new metropolis, a pipe dream, a dream called "Shanghai".

Tags : accident | satire | corruption | conspiracy

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