Kala Pul is a US-Pakistani Urdu language topical thriller shot in Karachi, Pakistan. It is S.S. Mausoof's debut feature film and is an exploration of family, regional politics, revenge, and the conflicts inherent in trying to escape one's past.

Plot

Arsalan's younger brother, a finance executive with a Pakistani textile conglomerate is killed in a drive-by shooting. The word on the street is that it was a 'hit' arranged by religious extremists as revenge for being swindled by Hamza as he ran their money laundering operations (hawala). Arsalan had abandoned his family for 12 years, he even stayed away when his mother died, but now he decides to go back to find the truth about his brother's death. Arsalan Mirza is a man who can't escape his past and is drawn back to it. He knows that if he returns to Karachi, he will pay for the sins of his past. Still he finds himself compelled and in that way he is driven to commit a violent act of retribution.