Apaharan is a film set against the backdrop of a lucrative and booming kidnapping industry in the Hindi heartland of Bihar and in other parts of india.

In Bihar, kidnapping for a ransom has acquired a professional status . And in all this-the high and the mighty-the politicians and the police play apivotal role to sustain it.Agaist this social and political environment there is- Ajay Shastri(Ajay Devgan) a young man who aspires for simple dreams.

Dreams to become a police and share a life of bliss with Megha(Bibasha Basu).Ajay is desparate to realiase his aspirations. He is almost there... his passport to status, respectability and love...

Ajay Shastri work hard; hoping his success would make his father proud. Ironically, he meets with a setback due to choice made by his own father Professor Raghuvansh Shastri (Mohan Agashe).. He is propelled on a course of life which is dangerous.

Will he have the courage to face the trouth? Will there be a redemption?