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The nuclear age was ushered in when US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This started the nuclear arms race. By 1971, Pakistan had lost 3 wars to India. They wanted revenge at all costs. They wanted to make a nuclear bomb to bully India. India Intelligence agency is called RAW.Amandeep Singh (Sidharth Malhotra), IPS, is a deep cover RAW field operative in Pakistan on undercover mission. He works as a tailor named Tariq in Rawalpindi. Along the way he meets Nasreen Hussain (Rashmika Mandanna), when she comes to his shop. Amandeep falls in love with Nasreen, who is blind. Amandeep pursues her and soon she falls in love with him as well. Her father is furious as Tariq is a mere tailor. But he gives in when Nasreen says she is blind and only Tariq makes her feel liberated. They are married.On May 1974, India conducted its first nuclear test. Pakistan, not wanting to fall behind, secretly rushed to build their own nuclear weapon. Abdul Qadeer Khan (Mir Sarwar), a Nuclear Scientist from Pakistan is given the charge to develop the nuclear capability for the country & brought back from Sweden with his family. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Rajit Kapur), Prime Minister of Pakistan gives the permission to accelerate the weapons development program. The site of the nuclear facility was code named Project 706. Col Gadaffi was Pakistan's ally and gave them $500 M in funding, plus banned nuclear components from the European black market. Uranium was brought in from Africa.In 1977 Nasreen gets preggers.

During the 1977 Indian general election campaign, Indira Gandhi (Avantika Akerkar), Prime Minister of India is appraised of the situation by RAW Chief, R.N. Kao (Parmeet Sethi), and direct him to find the location of the nuclear facility. Amandeep Singh is activated by Kao. Amandeep handler, Sharma (Zakir Hussain), inform him of his new mission, named "Mission Majnu". Sharma is very derogatory towards Amandeep and it is revealed that Adamdeep's father Ajitpal was a traitor to the country and was caught selling plans to the Amritsar airbase to Pakistan.Along the way, he meets Aslam Usmaniya (Sharib Hashmi) and Raman Singh (Kumud Mishra), two other RAW agents stationed in Pakistan. Amandeep manage to gather information that Pakistan indeed is making nuclear weapon. His shop owner had contracted an army brigadier for 2 uniforms and Amandeep used the opportunity to gain entry to Brigadier's house by the pre-text of delivering the uniforms. Then Amandeep engages the Brigadier in small talk about India's bomb, by fixing his 2 broken buttons on the spot. The Brigadier doesn't spot the deceit and confirms that Pakistan is also building a bomb, with experts from outside the country. The site is close to Rawalpindi.Amandeep figures out that the only western seat in Rawalpindi was delivered to an address, which is the home of AQ Khan. He has a Swedish wife.

In India, following a general election, a new government is formed and its new leader Morarji Desai (Avijit Dutt), Prime Minister of India believes in building relationship through diplomacy and peaceful means, and is against any form of warfare including spying and intelligence gathering. Kao resigns to keep the operation in Pakistan going, and hidden from the Prime Minister. Amandeep's operation take a hit, nonetheless he continues the mission. General Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq (Ashwath Bhatt) has taken over the Govt in a Military coup. Zia also pretends to want friendly relations with India and calls Morarji for the same.Amandeep's father-in-law never liked him. He starts following Amandeep and is convinced that he has an affair. The father-in-law confronts Amandeep, which Aslam witnesses. Aslam reports to Sharma, who orders Aslam to kill Amandeep. Aslam disobeys Sharma and kills the father-in-law instead. Amandeep beats Aslam badly, but is corrected by Raman, that Aslam saved his life.Zia continues to pretend to be India's friend, while planning attacks on Kashmir to keep the Indians distracted and away from their efforts to build the nuclear bomb.

Israel is readying an attack on Quetta military facility, wrongly believing it to be nuclear weapon facility. Israel knows that Libya has funded Pakistan in exchange for a working bomb and if Pakistan succeeds, the whole of Middle East would have the bomb. Israel wants to destroy the site to protect any future attacks on themselves.

Amandeep manages to locate the nuclear facility at Kahuta (he intercepts an order of 400 special jackets and finds out that the jackets are to be delivered to Kahuta), however he unable to collect physical evidence (they could not take photos as the site was well protected by the army from all sides). Sharma informs them that Israel is going to attack Quetta in 48 hours. Amandeep goes back to Kahuta and collect hairs of Army personnel working in the nuclear facility (there is only barber shop in Kahuta and Amandeep collects the hair of all army people who get their hair trimmed there), which he surreptitiously send it to India. In India, It is tested and found to contain trace amount of radiation, pointing to presence of plutonium in Kahuta, and under Pakistan administration. Israel attack on Quetta is averted.

The matter is disclosed to Prime Minister of India. Morarji refuses to bomb Kahuta as he doesn't want to impose another war on India. In light of new evidence, India Prime Minister weighed in on Pakistan counterpart and Pakistan inability to be trusted. Zia is forced to shut down the facility as he knows Indian jets can reach it within 15 mins. Pakistan ISI hunt down (They track down every phone call made to India within the last 2 weeks) and kill covert RAW agents operating in Pakistan including Amandeep's colleagues Aslam and Raman. Amandeep tries to escape Pakistan via Dubai with his pregnant wife, unbeknownst to her of ISI agent chasing them, Amandeep distract ISI agents long enough to let his wife board an airplane and leave unhindered, in the process he is killed.

Kao meet Nasreen in Dubai Airport, and read a letter from her late husband revealing his true identity.