Elaan (2005 Film) - Plot

Plot

Modern-day secular India is held at ransom by international extortionist Baba Sikander (Mithun Chakraborty) and his brothers, Aftab and Sameer. They begin by demanding money from wealthy businessmen; when their victims refuse to pay, they are killed.

One of their victim's now being threatened is Kantilal Shah, a rich businessman, who adopted a canteen boy, gave him his family name, Karan Shah (Rahul Khanna), and gave him the responsibility of running the family business, much to the chagrin of his daughter, Anjali. Upon hearing that his father's life is in danger, Karan returns from America and convinces his dad not to give in to the extortionist's demands and instead ask him to provide that amount to his past victims and their families. His father agrees. Then five days later, a day after his birthday, Kantilal is gunned down in the elevator along with four of his bodyguards. Anjali openly renounces Karan and asks him not to participate in her dad's funeral. A shocked and devastated Karan announces to Baba that he will apprehend and bring him to justice in India, no matter where he had to look.

However, when he finds out that the country that Baba is holed up in, Italy, does not have an extradition treaty with India. He then recruits some mercenaries to go with him and bring Baba back. The first man he chooses is former police inspector Arjun Srivastav (Arjun Rampal), a former cop, who located and killed his then pregnant wife's assailant on his own and now lives as a single parent with his school-going daughter. Arjun recommends that the second man involved be Abhimanyu (John Abraham), who is currently in Vashi Jail and had been Baba's chauffeur and hitman before being framed by Baba and his associates following a failed job. Abhimanyu is rescued in broad daylight by Arjun and his men, who were pretending to be doctors, on the pretext of a medical checkup (The escapade takes place dramatically, in a style adopted from the film Spy Game to spring Elizabeth Hadley (Catherine McCormack) from a Chinese prison.) Arjun and Karan convince Abhimanyu to help them in return for a heavy payment and vital information about Baba and his gang, and he reluctantly agrees to do so.

The trio then go to Venice (where Baba is said to be, based on Abhimanyu's information. There, Abhimanyu meets his girlfriend Sonia (Lara Dutta) and tries backing out of the mission, by betraying Arjun and Karan and escaping to a far off place. Before he can do so, both he and Sonia are kidnapped by Baba and his men. Priya (Amisha Patel), a press reporter from Aaj Tak, who was looking for a story with relation to what Karan would to to avenge his father's death, had followed the two there, using a satellite tracker for mobile phones, tells them about Abhimanyu's deceit. Despite this, The three go to rescue Abhimanyu and Sonia, in a lengthy gunfight and chase sequence. Karan and Arjun are angry about Abhimanyu's act, however the latter apologizes and agrees to help them in return for their saving his life. The five then go and apprehend Salim (Chunkey Pandey), a close friend of Baba and he divulges at gunpoint that Baba is in Munich. Abhimanyu then shoots him for his betrayal that had got him arrested. Karan finds Baba in Munich and tells him that he will keep his word, he made when his father had died.

In course of time, the five become good friends. When they go to Baba's guest house in Munich to catch him red handed, they are fooled and are then surrounded by Baba and his men. A lengthy gunfight follows, in the course of which, Arjun dies while getting into a jeep. This greatly devastates Karan who feels that bringing the others on the mission was a big mistake. However he takes a final stand as the others motivate him not to give up the fight at this point.

Karan and Abhimanyu, now go to apprehend Baba as he leaves the country through the French border. Sonia and Priya alert the French Border Police as France has an extradition treaty with India. In the final fight many of Baba's most trusted aides are killed. Finally, Baba is left alone and stranded after Karan stops Abhimanyu from shooting him, reasoning that the terror Baba inspired in people had to end and this would thus end Baba's life in turn.

Baba is sent to India, sentenced to death and hanged. Karan becomes a national hero for his feat and also marries Priya. They adopt Arjun's daughter, Ayesha. Abhimanyu and Sonia also get married and settle down in Venice. And everything gets well between Karan and his sister, Anjali.