Aditya was once an army officer who fell in love with Payal (Lara Dutta), daughter of a senior officer. But due to some arguments with senior officials, he was asked to leave the army. Adding insult to injury, girlfriend Payal decides to dump him too. Not one to brood over the past, Aditya moves on in life. He opens a travel agency. His family consists of a younger brother, Anuj (Ritesh Deshmukh) who is coming to terms with his disturbing past. But soon a simple misunderstanding sees Anuj storming out of the house in anger.

Some time passes and Aditya slowly becomes concerned when his brother doesn't return. Bad news follows when the police find Anuj dead and believe he was a drug dealer. Aditya decides he must clear his brother's name. However he faces many difficulties whilst trying to uncover the truth. Luckily Payal returns in his life and provides support, especially in the legal department. Together they vow to find justice.

In the course of his investigation, Aditya doesn't find the police FIR very convincing. His search for the truth uncovers the series of terrible events that lead to his brother's death.

Aditya decides to take it upon himself to clear up his dead brother's image when the police refuse to do so. He takes recourse to the justice system and goes to court, taking the help of Payal, who is now a lawyer and old emotions are now slowly rekindled.

However, his adversaries will stop at nothing to ensure that the truth remains hidden and Aditya has no option but to take up the gun to prove his brother's innocence.

NThe music for Bardaasht is fair enough. It is not a power packed soundtrack like Humraaz, but it is decent enough to come close to Tere Naam, one of Himesh’s highlights. While that is still not to say he is one of the more superlative composers, decent music is always nice to listen to. Bardaasht highlights itself in doing what all the small T-Series soundtracks can’t. It gives us jhankaar but doesn’t beat us over the head with it. And if you’re looking for one song that you’re bound to be singing long after the soundtrack is over, look no further than the opener, "Silsile Mulaqaton Ke".

This film sees the return of E Nivas who once directed hard hitting films like Shool, Dum and the comedy flick Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega. Strangely enough, Bobby Deol continues to be paired with the Andaaz beauty queens - we saw him with Priyanka Chopra in Kismat. In Bardaasht, he is seen with Lara Dutta. The film also co- stars Rahul Dev and Tara Sharma.

Bardaasht is slated for an 23rd April release.