adhir eavesdropped on their conversation. He flees from the house with Shahid's son Sardar just as Ehsaan Qureshi (Vipin Sharma), another associate of Ramadhir and a member of the Wasseypur Qureshi clan, shows up to kill them. An unsuccessful Ehsaan lies to Ramadhir that Shahid's family has been murdered, burnt, and buried. Under the care of Nasir, Sardar grows up along with Nasir's nephew Asgar . Sardar learns the truth about his father's death, upon which he shaves his head and vows not to grow his hair until he has avenged his father's murder. 1950s and 1960s In 1952, Jagjivan Ram is appointed as India's first Labour Minister. He starts the Coal Welfare Association in 1954 and in 1960, the National Trade Union which allowed mine supervisors to pressurise mine owners, the movement of which is led by a much older Ramadhir (Tigmanshu Dhulia). In 1962, the Trade Union becomes the mafia and begins extortion in exchange
for union membership. Union workers start lending money and keep the workers' income as interest. In 1965, Ramadhir enters politics, wins the election and becomes the local workers' leader. Early and mid-1970s In 1972, the coal mines are nationalised. A mature Sardar (Manoj Bajpai), Nasir (Piyush Mishra) and Asgar (Jameel Khan) start hijacking Ramadhir's coal trucks mid-transit. Ramadhir suspects S.P. Sinha (Pravin Singh Sisodia), a Coal India official, to be behind the hijackings and has him murdered. After Sinha's murder, Ramadhir's reputation for ruthlessness grows, and he becomes feared in Dhanbad. Sardar marries Nagma Khatoon (Richa Chadda). The pregnant Nagma confronts Sardar and a prostitute inside a brothel and chases him away. Later, Nagma gives birth to Danish but gets pregnant soon afterwards. Unable to have sex with a pregnant Nagma, Sardar confesses his sexual frustrations with his kin. At dinner, Nagma gives her consent to Sardar to sleep with other
women but with the condition that he won't bring them home or dishonour the family name. Sardar, Asgar and Nasir start working for J.P., Ramadhir's son. They misuse their employment by secretly selling the company petrol in the black market. Later, they rob a petrol pump and a train bogie belonging to the Singh family. They usurp Ramadhir's land, which forces the two families to confront each other for talks. The meeting ends in a scuffle, but Ramadhir realizes that Sardar is the son of Shahid who he had murdered in 1947. Sardar and Asgar are jailed for assaulting J.P. during the meeti
