Comedy has become a rare item in Bengali theatre. Pure comedy as we know is sterling. Here lies the subtlety of Badal Sircar, the finest Bengali playwrights of contemporary Bengali theatre.

• King Bhupati Ray of Ballabhpur is almost bankrupt. He plans to sell off his 400-year-old, dilapidated ancestral mansion to pay off his debts.

• The eccentric entrepreneur Halder is keen on acquiring the crumbling 400-year-old rajbari and is ready to offer a lump sum. But the cursed ghost of an ancestor decides to play spoilsport when a potential buyer arrives.

• However, Bhupati and his Man Friday Manohar must hide the fact that the house is plagued by an old spirit — that of Bhupati’s ancestor Raghu, who roams the halls of the rajbari every night. What ensues is a classic comedy of errors which unravels at its own pace but doesn’t lose its audience.