Rajadhyaksha, a nationally acclaimed writer, is dictating his autobiography to Pradnya-a young researcher who has chosen his works as the topic for her thesis.
The writer and his wife Uttara separated thirty years earlier because of a brief relationship between Rajadhyaksha and Uttara's sister Vasanti.
Rajadhyaksha has published a novel depicting these events, where Uttara/Vasanti become the semi-fictional Urmila/Vasudha. The book makes their relationships a source of gossip and discussion for the press and public.
Uttara and Vasanti have since reconciled but one day the past resurfaces.
As all four characters look at their own lives, different layers and versions of the truth emerge revealing all of them trapped in their own "cycle of torment."