Ganesh Gaitonde

Ganesh Gaitonde(1959-2017) (Played By Nawazuddin Siddiqui) was an Indian gangster and is the main Protagonist of this show along with Sartaj Singh. He was the rival don of Suleiman Isa. Despite being a top mafia don, it is revealed in the end that he was used as a pawn in Guru ji's plan to destroy Mumbai for over 20 years.

He was born in 1959 in a small town to a priest and beggar father and a mother who was a prostitute. Around age 10 or 11, he killed his mother after finding out her true profession. His father took the fall for his crime and was taken to prison.

Around 1977, at age 18, he fell in with Mathu, one of his long time friends who got him into dealing drugs.

He Started illegal businesses when he met his 2nd Father who was a dealer and started to work for him. Eventually Gaitonde and Mathu killed him when he got the chance and Took his gold and gathered bunch of low life gangsters and started his own gang.

Eventually he took over Gopalmath Scrapyard after killing it's previous ruler and started his Cartel. His main enemy was Isa who had his love of his life Kukoo, Gaitonde took Kukkoo in front of Isa in his presence.

Isa later takes revenge when his men ambush Gaitonde's group at his home. Several are wounded from both sides and Kukoo commits suicide after fearing that should she live, Gaitonde will die.

Sometime later, Gaitonde is arranged to marry a girl from a well known family but at the wedding Isa calls him and tells him he has a wedding gift coming. Gaitonde realizes this means trouble but it's too late as one of Gaitonde's right hand men and best friends Paritosh is ambushed and killed while driving to Gaitonde's wedding. Gaitonde then marries his house maid Subhadra. Gaitonde realizes there is a mole in the gang. The only one who wasn't at Gaitonde's wedding was Bunty, who was actually with a prostitue but this seems suspicious so Gaitonde accuses him and brutally beats him. Later Gaitonde watches the tape from Isa's niece's wedding and notices that Bada badariya was at the wedding, meaning he was the real traitor. The next day Gaitonde executes Bada and his younger brother Chotta.

His character also appears in the novel of same name.