The story begins with a strong influential businessman Mr. Malhotra(Kay Kay Menon) who has his factory on a land near a lake where all the toxins are leaked. He wants to build a bridge on it for faster transportation but cannot do so due to a sacred tree present on the other side of the lake and the land wholly belongs to Mrs. Dhillon. Mrs. Dhillon is a hard core Punjabi woman living with her two sons Aman Dhillon(Tiger Shroff) and Rohit Dhillon(Gaurav Pandey). Aman is a martial arts teacher in a school but is constantly humiliated by the music teacher and the students. The only person who supports him is his best friend Kirti(Jacqueline Fernandez) on whom he also has a crush.
Mr. Malhotra who wants to get rid of the tree any way contacts Raka(Nathan Jones), a death trap mutant and mad person, and gives him money to remove the tree and so he reaches there. Aman was present there at the time and tries to stop Raka. But as Raka was a mad guy, he started a fight with Aman which Aman could not bear. Raka sticked Aman to the tree and decided to cut his neck with the tree. But he did not notice that Aman got a glow on his body after hitting the tree. Raka tried to insert the saw in his neck but as soon as it touched the skin, a sudden Thunderstorm hit the tree and Aman also. The saw did not enter his neck, but the storm throwed Raka away and he landed in Malhotra’s factory’s garbage area. Next morning Aman finds himself on his bed alive with no sign of any hurt and presumes all that to be a dream but does not notice the Khanda that appeared on his back, which is also carved on the tree. That day, he and his brother notice a few unusual things such as catching fast paced balls from bowling machine, learning stuff quickly by just touching the items and even no sign of the bullets shot on him. Later his mother also confirms this by hitting Aman various times through a sharp knife and all wounds filled within seconds. She immediately declares him a super hero.
She even tells him the story of his father late Sardar Kartar Singh Dhillon, a sikh who went to Shaolin to learn martial arts and was named Flying Jatt as he could jump up to 30 ft. She asks Aman to take up the legacy of his father and keep Flying Jatt as his superhero name to which he agrees. Initially various comical events takes place like his low flying due to his fear of heights, misunderstanding due to his costume but was truly recognised when he saves hostages from a terrorist attack at the Punjab Airport. He even proposes Kirti in the process and also tells her the truth.
Raka who had been missing all this while is found alive but is now stronger and more dangerous than before as he got toxins deposited in his veins and now grows stronger with increase in pollution. Aman goes to battle him various times but is fatally injured at last. To save him from further pain, his brother goes instead of him as Flying Jatt and gets killed. Not wanting to loose his other son too, Mrs. Dhillon decides to leave the town, when Aman decides to stay saying that he can leave the town, but the cries and sounds of pain of the people will never leave him. As he was always refusing to wear his father’s Turban, his mother once told him the story of Sikh’s 300 years back when few dacoites kidnapped the women of their town, it was only the Sikhs who went to save them and freed every girl. Aman remembers that story, and finally agrees to wear the Turban and fight Raka.
On the other hand, the people who think Flying Jatt is dead decide to defeat Raka on their own due to once what Rohit had said "A real superhero is the one who can defeat enemies without powers" and even Mr. Malhotra joins them. They decide to eliminate pollution by planting trees everywhere, when Raka comes to kill them one and for all, Flying Jatt suddenly appears. Raka in a fit of rage drags Flying Jatt to the tree and tries to kill him when his mother comes front and says the quote "Chirian te mein baaz tudaun, Gidran to mein sher banaun, Sawa lakh se ek ladaun, Tabe Gobind Singh Naam Kahaun." which gives more inspiration to Aman who gets up and while cutting the clouds, takes Raka to an asteroid near Earth and says " You were right Raka. There is no place on the Earth where I can defeat you. But IT IS here.right?". This statement makes the audience of the movie feel like they have left no place on Earth totally free of pollution.After a terriblr and mind-blowing fight, Aman finally inserts his Kara(steel bracelet) into Raka due to which Raka explodes.Aman returns back on earth with a successful victory. And the movie ends with the quote "Everything has an alternative, except Mother Earth."
This legendary story welcomes a new Superhero to the world -
The Flying Jatt.