Based on a real-life story, Mulk revolves around the struggles of a Muslim joint family from a Hindu majority town in India, who fight to reclaim their honor after a member of their family takes to terrorism.[10] Murad Ali Mohammed (Rishi Kapoor), a lawyer by profession lives amiably with his family in a densely-populated diverse locality of Varanasi. His daily routine includes Namaz at a nearby mosque followed by some chit-chat over a cup of tea from a tea stall managed and owned by one of his close Hindu neighbors. His close-knit family consists of his wife Tabassum (Neena Gupta), brother Bilaal (Manoj Pahwa) who owns a mobile phone shop, brother’s wife Chhoti-Tabassum (Prachee Shah Pandya), nephew Shahid (Prateik Babbar) and niece Aayat (Vartika Singh). Murad’s son Aftab (Indraneil Sengupta) stays abroad with his Hindu lawyer wife Aarti (Taapsee Pannu) and is a little estranged from the family.