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 Rajan
Mathur (Anil Kapoor) is a Professor in Urdu literature
in Dr. Zakir Hussain's College. He resides in Chandni
Chowk with his activist wife, Roma Mathur (Shefali
Shah).
Professor Mathur comes across a young boy called
Numair Qazi (Anurag Sinha) who introduces himself as a
victim of communal riots in Gujarat. But in actual
fact, he is a suicide bomber commissioned by a Muslim
fundamentalist group to detonate a bomb near Red Fort
on 15th August. During his fifteen day roller coaster
journey, Numair manages to take shelter in the
Professor's house and wins the trust and fondness of
the couple. While helping Numair to get an employment
entry pass for 15th August celebrations at Red Fort,
Professor Mathur introduces him to the warm and loving
people of Chandni Chowk who coexist with fun, music,
love and colorful events and festivals irrespective of
their religion.
Numair is astonished with some of the characters he
meets in Chandi Chowk. These include Shagufta, a
modern Muslim college girl, the Professor's
sharp-tongued wife Roma, Rahat, a Sufi pop singer,
Miya an 84-year-old who is full of patriotism and the
fun loving Sardar Kirtan Singh. But for Numair, he
must keep his mind focused on the mission as he
struggles to carry out his orders from his superiors.
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