After a terribly failed “physics experiment” in 1974, it is time India resumes nuclear testing, considering Pakistan has sped up construction of a nuclear plant and its growing relations with the US and China. But it’s not that easy as an American satellite is keeping a watchful eye over India’s every move. Aware of what’s happening, a young, determined and passionate civil servant Ashwath Raina ( played by John Abraham) enters with an A-class plan with hope in his heart that India will become a nuclear state one day, more so because he is a martyred Army officer’s son, who couldn’t get into services himself because of flat feet. All his efforts, however, go in vain when an impatient politician tries to play smart with him which eventually leads to his ( Raina) suspension from duty in 1995.