Chupkay Chupkay tells the story of a kept who kept unbroken her link with love and self-esteem. Her name (as if it matters to those who say it) is Lalan alias Lalkuvar alias Lady Lalkuvar, the second wife of Sir Amarsinh Narottam, the sole son and heir to Sir Nrrottam Tejpal, who in turn was the sole son and heir to Sir Tejpal Bhatia, knighted by Her Majesty, the Empress herself. Lalan, on the other hand… Let us put it thus: Her links with life were tenuous, to start with. Lalan was born as - who knows (or cares) what? A girl was born somewhere in the Portuguese Goa, the Konkan coast not too far away from Mumbai. Now, as every old aristocrat who is young and has good taste knows, Konkan is from where you get sweet mangoes and concubines. Sir Amarsinh, who knew, tasted one, liked it and called her Lalan, who was tasty and young. But she was more, much more, which Sir Amarsinh was to know later. This play is about the dawning of that surprising knowledge: That woman was a person! She was herself! Imagine!!

When the play starts, that cunning kept has tricked her keeper into marriage. This, by pretending that she was on death-bed, ready to die within hours actually, in the suburban villa where (as per a time-honored nightly custom) Sir Amar kept his faithful concubine at a convenient distance. But, the dying Lalan, soon after the makeshift marriage (the “last wish” of his faithful “beloved”), recovers. Sir Amarsinh is furious. His first wife had died some time back and he now has advanced plans to marry a young beauty, Rati, half his age, one-tenth his financial worth. He consults with his friend-philosopher-and guide in goodly escapades, (who is also the brother of his beloved and dead wife,) Gokuldas Sampat. He advises bribery. Starting with a moderate figure it was a practical way towards a divorce, keeping in view the fact of marriage. Lalkuvar disagrees. Not with the figure (which Sir Amarsinh soon raises immoderately) but with the solution. She has already moved from the villa to the palatial, ancestral home which, she says, is now hers. The staff likes her : The maids, the cook, the gardener and the drivers, all. A leading lawyer is summoned, urgently. He finds a law, according to which the marriage could be annulled, charges could be brought against Lalkuvar. Lalan now is lost, surely?

Not her. Lady Lalkuvar now makes it clear that she is after neither the money nor the marriage nor the status (“Lady”). All she wants is a real, legal, loving father for her sons. 'Sons?' explodes Sir Amar. Yes, she has sons. Three. One, through Sir Amar. “You bitch” Lady is willing to retire to Konkan, permanently, without trace, if Sir Amarsinh adopts her sons, legally. “One if the Three is actually your own!” Amar, at the end of his wit, especially after a stormy encounter between Lady and Rati, agrees to adopt one, the one who is his. Lalan challenges him to find out which. She also advises him to speak to Rati about this. Amarsinh is confident.

Amarsinh discovers not his son but a few truths about the two women and about love. He also discovers the true Woman whom he (re) marries!