The story begins with Gayatri preparing a Rakhi for her loafer- no good thief brother who lives in Mumbai with his son. In Mumbai Raman teaches his son Prasad the tricks of being a successful thief and cheating people. On receiving the Rakhi he decides to sell it off in exchange for money and tells his son to do the deed. His son first sells the Rakhi with a fake story about it being precious and buys food worth more than the selling price all the while stealing some chocolates for himself. Raman removes Prasad from the local school and teaches him ways to cheat and steal which Prasad follows and steals the bag and crutch of a man to sell off but is caught by the teacher of his school who tries to discipline him but is stopped by Raman telling him his ways are better and his son will not bow before anyone. The father son duo then go on a spree cheating everyone they meet including a police officer and are unable to go out. They decide to go stay with Raman's sister Gayatri but Raman is afraid of his brother in law who is a consumer officer but still decides to go there with a sad look.
The other side Officer Pratap meets his friend Mr Dsouza but Mr Dsouza is shot by Gullu bhai a local don in attempt to kill Pratap. The Gullu bhai's gang engage in a shootout with Pratap where Pratap injures all the others except Gullu who runs into the horror tunnel and Pratap follows where he meets his tragic end at the hands of Gullu bhai who is later caught and imprisoned. On the other hand Gayatri is unable to accept Pratap's death and falls into depression where her brother whom she loved with all her heart decides to admit her in a mental asylum and leaves her son Ravi alone sleeping in the train. Raman then goes and sells all her properties and cashes the money buying a mansion for himself and his son.
15-20 years later. Pratap and Raman now cheat great money from people both innocent as well as other thieves. Ravi who is unable to remember the incidents of his childhood doesn't know where his mother is, is now a local bully who collects money from people to protect them from other dangerous people ( Gullu bhai's people) with his gang which upsets gullu bhai. Rosie a female bully is like Ravi protecting others who pays her money with her gang. Ravi when left by Raman in the train was saved by a woman and her daughter. The woman soon passed away leaving her daughter Anita's responsibility upon Ravi who went down the wrong path to give his sister the best. Anita doesn't know her brother's work and believes him to be a white collared worker falls in love with Anil an orphan.
Anil goes to meet his friend who is doctor at the mental asylum where he meets Gayatri who has never had visitors since she was admitted and cries out for her son Ravi. Being an orphan Anil decided he will be Ravi for her; a mother will have a son and he will have a mother. He takes her with him where he learns of the fraud done by her own brother and decides to take revenge on his behalf. Going to Mumbai he meets the father son duo and warns them to give him what belongs to Gayatri within 24 hours. The duo worried decides to get help from Gullu bhai who later gets beaten up by Ravi and caught by the police for drug trafficking planted by Rosie. They then enlist Ravi to teach Anil a lesson to which Ravi agrees for Rs.5000 to pay Anita's college fees which ends with Anil in the hospital saved by Rosie and Anita finds the truth of Ravi's work. Ravi later learns that Anil was trying to get the rights a mother lost by her own brother and they all join hands to defeat the father-son duo.
Rosie seduces Prasad while separating the father and son pretending to hate old people while Anil scares Raman who hires Ravi as a bodyguard. Ravi gets a girl Premmati to pretend to marry him who makes Raman adopt her brother as a son which inflamed the relation between Raman and Prasad who begin plotting against each other and finally decide to kill each other sneakily but Ravi, Anil and Rosie use this moment to record their confession. Ravi finally finds Gayatri who is happy that she now has 2 sons instead of one. The day the showdown between Prasad and Raman occurred and the recording was ready to be delivered to the police Raman and Prasad suspected their ploy and employed Gullu bhai to teach them a lesson where Gayatri also comes but Rosie and Anita caught by Gullu bhai's men and Gayatri hurt by Raman decides to forgive him and not hand him over to the police making him change his heart. Raman and Anil go to save their women and fight ensues where even Prasad learns his mistake and fights off Gullu bhai. The fight ends with Gullu bhai's death.
Prasad and Raman are arrested for multiple thefts where Raman tells Prasad his father is also in the same prison who on being released decided to cheat the police of the prison who then caught him again put in the same cell as the father son duo. The movie ends with the father, son and grandfather with another inmate in a cell drinking prison soup.
Cast
Kader Khan as Raman / Dayashankar "Daddu" (Double Role)
^According to the Police Act, 1861, habitual criminals or recidivists are required by law to report at regular intervals to the local police station. Their names are stored in the No. 10 register; hence, "Number 10"/"Dus Numbri" is slang to such people or a notorious criminal in general.
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