Game

Game

Year: 2011

Runtime: 135 mins

Language: Hindi

Director: Abhinay Deo

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Four strangers receive an invitation from the reclusive Kabir Malhotra to stay on his secluded private island off Samos, Greece. None of them have met each other or know Kabir, and the mysterious host’s motives remain unclear. By the next morning, each realizes the visit is far from a vacation and wishes they had never set foot on the island.

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1

Invitation and island gathering

Billionaire Kabir Malhotra invites four strangers—Neil, Vikram, OP Ramsay, and Tisha—to his Greek island home, each drawn by a connection to his missing daughter Maya. They gather in a dining room where a secret filming setup hints at Kabir's calculated game. He explains Maya's life and warns that he has evidence against three of them, tying their fates to his fortune.

Evening, Day 0 Greek island mansion
2

Maya's past revealed

In a chilling reveal, Kabir lays out Maya's tangled history: trafficked in Thailand, moved through Istanbul's casino circuit, and ultimately dead after a string of crimes. He insists Maya's story binds the guests to him and hints the will will determine who inherits his wealth. The guests realize Maya was his daughter, a truth Kabir has pursued for years.

Evening, Day 0 Dining room, Greek island
3

Flashback: Maya's past

A flashback shows Maya's fraught past across Asia and Europe, including her orbit within crime networks and the ultimate cost. These memories underpin Kabir's motive and deepen the guests' fear that the killer may still be among them. The sequence foreshadows the true mastermind.

Past (Flashback) Thailand, Istanbul and related locations
4

IVS moves to arrest the guests

The International Vigilance Squad storms onto the island to arrest the four visitors as witnesses connected to Maya. Sia Agnihotri leads the operation, their presence turning the island into a high-stakes battleground. The guests brace for exposure as authorities search for concrete evidence.

Morning, Day 1 Island mansion, Greece
5

Kabir's death and the will

In the morning, a gunshot echoes from Kabir's room and his body is found in the study, initially read as suicide. A burned will reveals Kabir intended to leave everything to Tisha, darkening the motives and raising questions about who had the means and opportunity to kill him. The IVS questions whether it was murder or suicide.

Morning, Day 1 Kabir's study, Greek island
6

IVS review and release of guests

Sia watches Kabir's speech from the previous night for any hard proof, but the record fails to yield the decisive evidence Kabir claimed. With no irrefutable proof, the IVS lets the guests go under surveillance, keeping the case open. Suspicion lingers as the island's secrets threaten to spill.

Day 1 Island, surveillance room
7

Flashback: Neil and Maya's bond

A pivotal flashback shows Neil's bond with Maya during a casino shootout, and her voicemail confession of pregnancy on the day she died. These memories complicate Neil's motives and hint at a personal reckoning behind the present-day events. The past intertwines with the present as Neil navigates his double life.

Past Turkey (Istanbul casino) and related locations
8

Present-day revenge plan

Neil, maintaining Maya's memory, evades surveillance and begins enacting a revenge against Vikram and OP Ramsay. He records their confessions of crimes and arranges for them to be broadcast publicly, using the media to shape the narrative. The plan marks a turning point as events hinge on perception as much as truth.

Evening, Day 1 Various locations, including media outlets
9

Public confessions and fallout

Vikram and OP Ramsay publicly confess to their crimes as Neil disseminates the footage worldwide. The confession broadcasts trigger a cascade of consequences and drive the investigation toward the killer Kabir sought to expose. The island's circle tightens as trust erodes.

Evening, Day 1 Global news networks
10

Killer's escape and further deaths

Following the confessions, Vikram commits suicide and OP Ramsay dies of a heart attack after Neil steals his medication. Sia's timeline and suspicions about Neil intensify as the web of deceit expands and the true culprit remains at large.

Evening, Day 1 Locations of Vikram and Ramsay
11

Neil's true identity revealed

Neil is revealed to be Major Arjun Singhania, an IVS officer undercover in the Turkish cartel for years. He teams with Sia to peel back the layers of Kabir's murder and identify the mastermind behind Maya's fate. The revelation shifts the mission from revenge to justice.

Present Island, IVS operations
12

Natasha and Samara's true identities

Neil discovers that Samara is Natasha, Iqbal's daughter and Kabir's biological niece. Natasha's role in guiding Iqbal and the plan to seize Kabir's fortune is laid bare, with Tisha as an unintended pawn in the scheme. The family web tightens around the inheritance.

Present Missionary and island
13

Conspiracy unveiled and final clashes

Iqbal steps forward as the architect of the scheme, and Natasha's delayed gunshot and the firecracker timing explain Kabir's death and the burning will. Iqbal and Natasha's attempts to kill Neil and Sia culminate in a violent confrontation with Iqbal's death and Natasha's arrest. Kabir's murder is finally explained by the siblings' machinations.

Present Missionary and island
14

Aftermath and the truth about Tisha

Tisha awakens to the claim that she did not commit suicide but was attacked at her home. The truth about Kabir's fortune remains unsettled for a moment as the investigation winds down, leaving Maya's legacy and the survivors to reckon with the cost of the island's deadly game.

Present United Kingdom

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