Aurangzeb follows Yashvardhan (Jackie Shroff) a real estate agent known for illegal works, due to Yashvardhan's top crew member Ajay (Arjun Kapoor) who leaves no evidence after a job is done.
The police department then capture Ajay and torture him, while they send out Ajay's lookalike, Vishal, to Yashvardhan. Vishal joins into the crew and become an informer, whilst Ajay is being tortured into snitching all of Yashvardhan's business secrets.
It is further revealed that Ajay and Vishal were two twins who were separated and now the Police is taking advantage of it.