Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai

Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai film is based on the history of Haji Mastan the first celebrity Don of India who later reformed, and is about the early gangster and smuggling phase in Mumbai, in the 60s and 70s and revolves around the birth of Mumbai Mafia in the 70s and 80s. Mastan was responsible in introducing Dawood to world of crime and gradually passed him the power, himself retiring to path of amendment.

Parallel to the main plot will be the story of Mastan's unrequited love during the 60s for Indian actress Madhubala. She never returned his feelings, and after her death in 1969, Mastan was devastated. He later married starlet Sona, a Madhubala look-a-like who he later launched in films.