Merry Christmas

Albert Arogyasami returns home to Bombay after seven years on Christmas Eve. In a restaurant he bumps into a man fleeing from his date, then meets the man's date, Maria. Maria has a mute daughter, Annie, and invites Albert to celebrate Christmas at her house.

At Maria's house, Annie is put to bed while Maria and Albert share wine and briefly dance. Albert admires the Christmas tree and attaches the ornament he bought earlier, which is shown to Annie. Maria invites him to take a neighborhood stroll and mentions she is out with a friend, leaving a note for her husband.

A few hours later, Albert and Maria return to the house to find Jerome dead, shot in the heart. Maria recognizes the body and the crumpled note near him confirms she is out with a friend. Albert reveals he was just released from prison that day for killing his former lover Rosie, warning that his presence could complicate the police inquiry.

Albert plans to depart but tries to erase fingerprints from glasses and other items. He then discovers the Christmas tree ornament he attached earlier is missing, suggesting someone has manipulated the scene.

Albert heads to a tea stall, then spots Maria rushing off and follows her to a church. Maria feigns fainting, while Ronnie offers to help. They escort Maria back to her house, only to find Jerome's dead body again and the Christmas tree bereft of the ornament.

Ronnie intentionally leaves his wallet on Maria's couch, hoping for an excuse to return. Maria says she needs to retrieve something at the church, and Ronnie offers to drop Albert off, but Albert instead goes to Maria's manor and is stunned to again see Jerome's dead body and no ornament on the tree.

Maria and Ronnie arrive to a second identical crime scene with Jerome dead and the tree ornament missing. Maria implores Ronnie to call the police, but she sees Albert in the house and pushes him out, raising suspicions.

Ronnie calls the police, suggesting Albert's name be left out of the story. The officers question Maria, Ronnie, and Albert, and as they depart for different rooms, Albert begins to realize that someone is orchestrating a repeated crime.

While the police are occupied elsewhere, Maria uses a chainsaw to destroy evidence of her duplicity in a fake apartment. They uncover Ronnie's wallet and debate what to do with it; Maria wants to burn it, but Albert suggests dropping it at the church lost-and-found, unaware Ronnie had already slipped it into a sofa crevice.

The next day, Albert is summoned to the police station and leaves a paper swan on the inspector's desk before entering the interrogation room. Maria is called to confess as well; at first she omits Albert, but the sight of the swan makes her reveal that another man helped at the church.

When Ronnie is asked for his statement, he confesses to leaving his wallet on purpose to lure a thief. Albert is asked for his release papers and accidentally pulls Ronnie's wallet from his pocket, quickly hiding it from the officers.

Annie suddenly speaks, declaring that Santa (Albert) gave her the Christmas ornament. Maria hugs Annie as the police realize a conspiracy suffuses the case. In a final twist, Albert presents Ronnie's wallet to the police and pulls a ring from his pocket, hinting a motive connected to his ex-girlfriend Rosie, and Maria places the ring on her finger as Albert sits on the suspects bench.