

In the court hearing, Rustom unexpectedly pleads not guilty in front of the Judge Patel, which leads to a 9-member jury trial. On Rustom's instructions, Cynthia blackmails Kamath for Rs 50 million in exchange for the vital documents he needed. She was slapped by Vikram after she broke up with him and got injured and walked out of Vikram's house. However, on the day of Vikram's murder, Cynthia had already broken-up with him for the sake of her marriage. With the connivance of Preeti, Vikram took advantage of Cynthia's loneliness and she fell for him. Scared, Cynthia rushes to jail to inform Rustom, who finally meets and listens to Cynthia's story, about how she was lonely and upset when Rustom went away to London for many months. Rustom's senior naval officer, Rear Admiral Prashant Kamath, sends two goons to his house to search for a set of documents, but they fail to find anything. Rustom refuses anybody's help and decides to fight the case on his own and prefers police custody. Vikram's sister Preeti Makhija meets with the public prosecutor, Lakshman Khangani to get Rustom the toughest punishment possible. Rustom immediately surrenders to the police and Senior Inspector Vincent Lobo starts the investigation. After Rustom enters Vikram's bedroom, the servant hears three gunshots and rushes to the room, to discover Vikram killed with three bullets on his chest and Rustom walking away with the pistol in his hand.

Afterwards, he searches for Vikram, first in his office and then at his home. Rustom then gets himself a pistol from the naval ship's armory and makes a trunk call to Defence Secretary K. He returns home and waits for Cynthia to return and then confronts her with the love letters, but walks away before Cynthia can explain. While trying to find her, Rustom sees them together. After returning early from his ship's deployment, Rustom discovers Vikram's love letters in Cynthia's cupboard. Their marriage hits the rocks when he discovers that she is having an affair with his friend Vikram Makhija. Officer Rustom Pavri is happily married to Cynthia Pavri in 1959. At the 64th National Film Awards, Kumar received the National Film Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the titular character. Rustom has grossed over ₹2.1 billion (US$26 million) worldwide at the box office, emerging as one of the highest-grossing Indian films.

It was one of the highest grossing Hindi films of 2016. The film was a hit at the box office in india. Made on a budget of ₹500 million (US$6.3 million), the film began principal photography in February 2016, and was theatrically released on 12 August 2016 in Indian cinemas. State of Maharashtra court case, and narrates the story of a naval officer whose wife has an extramarital affair with a businessman. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Ileana D'Cruz, Arjan Bajwa and Esha Gupta in lead roles. Rustom is a 2016 Indian Hindi- language crime thriller film written by Vipul K Rawal and directed by Tinu Suresh Desai.
