Setters 2019

Apurva Chaudhary [Shreyas Talpade] heads a tightly organized cheating network known as Setters that targets the most difficult entrance exams—banking, medical, and engineering. The operation thrives on a vast informant web, paper leaks, proxy candidates, and cutting-edge cheating tactics, delivering multi-crore profits from students willing to pay for an unfair edge. At the top sits Bhaiyyaji [Pavan Malhotra] who runs the entire trade from Varanasi, keeping the money, the flow of information, and the strategy firmly under his control.

To break the racket, a special police task force is formed, led by Inspector Aditya Singh [Aftab Shivdasani]. Once a close ally of Apurva, Aditya now pursues him from opposite sides of the law, and the clash between former friends becomes a central tension of the story.

The cops use every conventional tactic, but Apurva and his team constantly adapt, inventing new schemes to stay one step ahead. When a banking exam in Mumbai is successfully conned, Bhaiyyaji tasks them with the next challenge: engineering entrance, pushing the cat-and-mouse game into new ground.

As law enforcement tightens the net, three members of Apurva’s gang are arrested under pressure, yet they refuse to reveal information under torture, preserving their network’s secrets.

Desperation prompts Apurva to seek help from Bhaiyyaji, but the latter, now chasing his own political ambitions and ready to switch sides, decides not to assist, forcing a rupture between the two masterminds.

With the partnership fractured, Apurva and Bhaiyyaji carve out parallel operations, and the pursuit escalates to a dramatic culmination when Prerana [Ishita Dutta] joins them as they slip toward the other end of the Indo-Nepal border, masquerading as police officers to escape capture. Prerana, Bhaiyyaji’s daughter who harbors feelings for Apurva, adds a personal stake to the conflict and tests loyalties on every side.

The escape becomes a tense blend of strategy and emotion, where former friends become enemies and family ties complicate every decision. In the end, the narrative threads together themes of ambition, corruption, trust, and the difficult balance between duty and affection, illustrating how people navigate a world where power and opportunity are pursued at great risk.