THE MURDER GAME

A play in two acts staged at Rabindra Bhawan, Guwahati on the 27th, 28th and 29th of 

June, 2014. 

Directed by Rohan K. Das.

Actors: Ranjeev Lal Barua, Tinat Atifa Masood, Manas Das, Kul Rahman and Rohan K.Das.


ACT 1

Vikram Karnad is a successful playwright who has not been able to give a hit play in the last 15 years..he has been living off his wife Myra's money ..Myra is a rich heiress of the Ali estate in Coorg, Karnataka..where they both live...
Vikram recieves a carbon copy of a play script from a young ambitious playwright called Chetan Kapoor..Chetan idolises Vikram and wants Vikram to be the first person to read it n give him feedback about it...its a terrific script called The Murder Game. .Myra is a heart patient and gets nervous that Vikram might kill Chetan. .
Chetan comes with the original script to Vikram. ...Myra suggests they shud both collaborate and make The Murder Game an even better script..but Chetan refuses...then Vikram kills Chetan. ..Myra gets very tense...The body is buried in the vegetable garden behind the house ..However, Chetan comes back from the dead n 'kills' Vikram with a wooden log..then he goes to attack Myra...but in the process, Myra dies of a heart attack. ..then Vikram rises..checks if Myra is dead and tells Chetan that their plan worked.....it was a plan by Vikram and Chetan to give Myra a heart attack...so that Vikram could have the Ali estate all for himself
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END OF ACT 1



ACT 2

The Murder Game script Chetan had sent was a bogus story to kill Myra. Chetan is now busy writing a script based on the life of employees in a social welfare office where he was working..Vikram is surprised. ..Then Tiwari comes..Tiwari is the old faithful lawyer of the Ali family...he has come to check on how Vikram was doing and get some investment papers signed..
When Chetan goes to the grocery store, Tiwari puts a suspicion in Vikrams's head that Chetan could be hiding something from Vikram as he saw Chetan hiding his script inside the drawer. .Tiwari leaves..Vikram tries to open the drawer to read the script but its locked...Chetan comes back..Vikram fools Chetan and manages to read Chetan's script...he is shocked because Chetan is actually writing The Murder Game based on the events that happened to cause Myra's death...Vikram confronts Chetan and wants to burn the script as they could get caught...but Chetan bullies Vikram and forces him to collaborate with him...Now Vikram plans to kill Chetan...but Chetan gets wind of his plan...Finally both Vikram and Chetan kill each other.
But this was all a plan by Tiwari to get the Ali estate property by getting the Karnads killed...he reveals his plan in the end to his accomplice and aide, Leela Subramaniam, a under-cover Tamil psychic but one time flop actress. 

THE END
 (As compiled by Ranjeev Lal Barua)

Photo Credits: Rodin Rahman