Ragini belongs to a middle class family in Gujarat. She is married to a rich family in Mumbai, but her husband, Dushyant, turns out to be a dissolute creature interested in all forms of enjoyment. Her married life began on a wrong note when she takes a misstep during one of the wedding rituals. Everyone including Ragini herself had begun to believe that she was an ill-omen for the family. Soon afterwards, they met with an accident and Dushyant was confined to the home for a few days. His many friends, both male and female came to visit. Among these were Sudheendra Shenoy, who later became an IPS officer and Pradeep Tamhankar who joined the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). Both would play important roles in her life at a later stage. On the first anniversary of Ragini’s marriage, When she demanded that her husband devote some attention to her, he slapped her in front of all the guests at the party. She leaves the party early and decided to return to her parental home where she loses all hope of support from her family. Later when, Ragini became pregnant which delighted her In-laws but infuriated Dushyant and made him suspicious about her sexual relations. The betrayal from all sides is a built up to the extreme change in Ragini’s personality which is a fascinating journey of evolution of the human psyche. Ragini turned from a simple house-wife to scheming woman, who killed one family member after the other but in the end was left alone. Was this all worth it? Her ego never accepted her loneliness but events in life had created Ragini. Yes, she had decided to take all her secrets to the grave.
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