Set in 1997 before the historic Kargil war, four boys aged 16, set foot in the prestigious National Defence Academy. Cadets is a coming - of- age story about a world where boys become men of honour.

Rohit Mamu (Ruslaan Mumtaz) is a man who dreams of being rich one day. These dreams and his investments in them have taken him from being reasonably well off to flat broke. Akhil Bhanja (Tanay Chheda) is a 10-year-old mischievous school boy with a rather crazy streak. There is very little love lost between Mamu (maternal uncle) and Bhanja (nephew) as Rohit has been at the receiving end of many of Akhil's pranks. A crazy turn of events brings the two under one roof for two weeks. Life under Mamu's supervision is now a constant strife for Bhanja. There are a series of clashes between the two as Rohit tries to discipline Akhil but this master-of-manipulation Bhanja more often than not, gets the better of Mamu. Akhil's secret ambition to become a VJ collide with a museum trip, a diamond robbery, the Runaway Bhanja, the police and crooks on Mamu's tail - to converge in an action-packed, rib-tickling climax before the various plots resolve themselves.

Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.

Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate. Colours, fish, dogs, and kites don't seem important to the adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks, and neatness. Ishaan cannot seem to get anything right in class; he is then sent to boarding school, where his life changes forever.

DCP DeSilva sees a way to bring to justice the feared head of a criminal empire by recruiting a man named Vijay, who looks exactly like the crime boss. The ruse works too well, and soon Vijay finds his life in danger when DeSilva, the only one who knows his true identity, dies.