The play is set in the Rajwade mansion. Rajwade is an Immensely successful mystery writer. His home reflects his obsession with the inventions and deceptions of fiction and his fascination with games and game playing. He lures his wife's (Sai) lover, Ajay Talwalkar, to the house and convinces him to stage a robbery of her jewellery; a proposal that sets off a chain of events that leaves the audience to decipher where Rajwade's imagination ends and reality begins.
Based on Anthony Shaffer's play SLEUTH (1970). Adapted by Sameer.