

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 ( Arjan Bajwa). Indian naval officer Rustom Pavri ( Akshay Kumar) is happily married to Cynthia Pavri ( Ileana D'Cruz) 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$28 million) worldwide at the box office, emerging as one of the highest-grossing Indian films. It is one of the highest grossing hindi film of 2016. The film was a hit at the box office in india. Made on a budget of ₹500 million (US$6.6 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.
