Kishen Mohan Girhotra (Farhan Akhtar) is a young man who belongs to a small city Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh and has really big dreams of going to Delhi and record a song with his own band. One fateful day, Kishen gets accused of murder which lands him in the Lucknow Central Jail where he’s awaiting his High Court trial for a death penalty. Meanwhile, a diligent NGO worker Gayatri Kashyap (Diana Penty), is compelled to form a Band of Prisoners for the band competition which is to be held in the dreaded jail of ‘Lucknow Central’ that year and this is how Kishen’s and her paths cross.
Kishen befriends 4 other inmates, Dikkat Ansari, Victor Chattopahdyay, Purushottam Pandit, Parminder Trehan and convinces them to join the band. The dramatic narrative of Lucknow Central portrays how Kishen’s life progresses in jail and how music becomes an intricate part of not only his journey, but the rest of the band’s as well. It all boils down to all the characters of the film making a choice in between their dreams which is to be famous and renowned singers and their freedom.
Will Kishen and his choose their dreams and let go of their freedom?
Or will they choose freedom and become successful in running away from the jail?
Tune in to the cinemas on 15th September to find out.