the play starts with a monologue by javed, one of the two beggars and quickly takes the form of a dialogue with the entry of his partner in mischief, salim. the two beggars (protagonists), salim (sattya bhagat reddy) and javed (ahmed quraishi),friends on the street. they meet at a place and go over the happenings with each other. on that day, salim goes begging to the home of well-known cook, ismail bhai (rahim aamir ali lalani). and also meet his wife, pasha bi (deepti girotra) and get a good thrashing from her.