Its all based on Godfather Michael Corleone life due to he was going to study professor even Micheal who was trying to become Senator. And later due to his father he committed himself in the field which his father left.
According to the film's co-writer Anjum Rajabali, this film is hugely influenced by the epic story from the Indian mythology the "Mahabharat", and is set in the milieu of contemporary electoral politics. So the films characters are going to have the similar dilemmas and experiences drawn from the story of Mahabharat.