Soumendra Krishna Deb writes detective stories and is strangely obsessed with dangerous make-believe games. In his young wife’s absence, he invites her lover Milan Basak and forces him to play a pretence game of theft. These games become a challenge and duel between the two men, each of whom seek to be the victor. What follows is yet another dangerous suspense plot with a twist. Based on ‘Tiktiki’ by Soumitra Chatterjee.