The play is set in a Delhi manor of Mr.Amit, an immensely successful mystery writer. Amit’s home reflects his obsession with the inventions and deceptions of fiction and his fascination with games and game-playing. He lures his wife's lover Mr.Majid, to the house and convinces him to stage a robbery of her jewelry, a proposal that sets off a chain of events that leaves the audience trying to decipher where Amit’s imagination ends and reality begins.