The movie Leather Life is the story of punjab in 1984-1990. Movie shows that during this era no one was able to speak in front of the politicians and police.
An elderly Punjab man is saddened to find his wealthy son and grandchildren have abandoned their traditional Indian culture and morals while living in Australia.
A village is hounded by an unknown disease, killing several people each month. As per a prophecy, a godsend will save the village and Siddhappa finds this supernatural potential in Raju, a cab driver.
Simran gets Ranjeet arrested for crimes. Ranjeet escapes, but returns in disguise to visit Simran. Unaware of the identify of his visitor, Simran informs Sumeet, who organizes a party. However the event results in a fight between Sumeet and Ranjeet, whose identity is exposed. He kidnaps Sumeet and demands ransom, but winds up killing him by accident. What happens next forms the crux of the story.