Dhoop is based on a real-life-story of a Kargil-hero Captain Anuj Nair. The film of course, changes the names and what we see first is a happy family- a full-of-life armyman (Sanjay Suri), his lovely fiancée (Gul Panang), his elderly professor father (Om Puri) and his librarian mother (Revathi). Then comes the martyrdom with its ‘perks’ like the media-intrusion, state funeral and a Mahaveer Chakra-decoration! The devastated family members try to come to terms with their lives while the world moves on. As a Govt. ‘appreciation’ of the martyrdom, the father is offered a petrol pump! After the initial hesitation, he accepts that offer, just to make it into his son’s lasting memory. But with countless permissions, licenses and NOCs to be taken from various Govt. departments, the project soon turns into a battlefield as the determined father has to encounter corrupt officials at every step!