Ravi Shikhaβs latest desi romantic thriller starts with a husband being told one day by a complete stranger that his dear wife is having an affair with his friend.Srikanth, a successful professional at the cusp of a promising career, is married to a beautiful Sriya, who hails from the same traditional middle class tamil background as him. His sedate married life is jolted on a Saturday morning when he gets news about his wifeβs adultery.Is the information true? Is Sriya, married to Srikanth for seven years and mother to their four year old son, truly a loving wife? Or is she a reckless adulteress caught in the throes of passion that she has discovered in the arms of Aryan, her husbandβs handsome Haryanvi friend? Or is she both?A disbelieving Srikanth then faces a difficult choice. Should he confront his wife with what he knows and demand the truth? Or should he work discreetly in the background to win back his wifeβs love but risk that she might slip deeper into the arms of her lover? And what is the role played by Radhika, the wife of Srikanthβs wifeβs lover, as she joins forces with Srikanth to help him in his quest. Is Radhika as simple and guileless as she comes across? Or does she have an agenda of her own? Meanwhile, can Srikanth stay ahead of Aryan, and can he outsmart Aryan who is determined to seduce Sriya behind her husbandβs back?
The seduction and betrayal of Sriya is a modern day story of love and adultery where chastity and good-old fashioned family values collide with lust and deceit. The story plays out the life of its four characters - Srikanth, Sriya, Aryan and Radhika over four years across Mumbai, Delhi, Jodhpur and Bangalore, and is marked by Ravi Shikhaβs trademark ingredients - women as central figures, characters with shades of grey, details that are quintessentially Indian, vividly written steamy sequences, a twist at the end of every chapter and an ending that will leave you gasping for more!..M.F