Dawat-e-
Heads-up: A death by deliberate medication overdose (non-graphic, off-stage), Diabetes and misuse of prescription tablets, Family pressure around arranged marriage, Financial fraud and immigration lies.
Set in Dhaka (Mohammadpur), Bangladesh · present day
Meye Dekha
Everyone's biodata lies. One lie went too far.
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- about 2½ hrs
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The night
- Mohammadpur, Dhaka
- Present day
- 19:40
Every biodata in the room lied. Only one lie was worth killing for.
WhenFriday evening. The first tea tray arrives at 19:40.
WhereA Tajmahal Road flat, good sofa covers on.
What went wrongThe ghotok collapsed at 20:10, overdosed on her own medicine.
Every guest polished a number. Every guest had a reason to fear her.
Read the full story (1 min)
Tajmahal Road, Mohammadpur, on a Friday evening. The flat smells of shingara, room freshener and nerves. The good cream sofa covers are on, the ones kept for Eid and proposals. At 18:30 the groom's family arrives with roshogolla and their best biodata.
Rehana Khala, Mohammadpur's ghotok, takes her evening tablet at 19:05 and asks for sugar-free tea. At 19:40 she drinks every drop from her blue-rimmed cup. By 20:10 she has slid sideways on the good sofa cover. The doctor says someone gave her far too much of her own medicine.
Her green cloth notebook has never been read. She matched half this room and knew the other half's real numbers. Every biodata here was polished: heights, salaries, houses, Canada. The police are stuck behind a bus at Asad Gate. Nobody leaves. One guest is hiding more than a few inches.
The suspects (8)
Trust no one
Dilruba 'Dolly' Ahmed Chowdhury
The Visitor From Mississauga
The groom's elder sister, flown in from Toronto with opinions on everything, including your sofa covers.
Motive
The groom's elder sister, home from Toronto, who stood to lose face over 'settled in Canada'.
Nabila Hasan
The Veteran of Four Viewings
The bride, 27, whose 'MBA from Australia' gets more Australian every time her mother repeats it.
Motive
The bride she brought this proposal to, who stood to lose face over 'MBA, Australia'.
Farzana 'Mitu' Rahman
The Newlywed on Paper
The groom's newly married cousin, who brought a biodata, an IELTS score and a very nervous husband.
Motive
The groom's cousin she matched this year, who stood to lose face over 'IELTS 8.0'.
Rokeya Ahmed
The Author of the Biodata
The groom's mother, whose house in Uttara grows another storey taller in every conversation.
Motive
The groom's mother and old Mirpur neighbour, who stood to lose face over her 'six-storey house'.
Shahana Hasan
The Hostess Who Never Sits
The bride's mother, who will refill your plate before you have finished saying no.
Motive
The hostess she matched in 1996, who stood to lose face over 'everything homemade'.
Kamrul Hasan
The Joint Secretary of the Balcony
The bride's father, a retired civil servant who promotes himself one grade higher with every cup.
Motive
The host whose own marriage she arranged, who stood to lose face over 'Joint Secretary, retired'.
Rasel Karim
The Director of Tiles
The cousin's new husband, who keeps stepping out 'for network' at the most interesting moments.
Motive
The cousin's new husband she matched, who stood to lose face over 'Director, Karim Ceramics'.
Tanvir Ahmed
The Banker Who Sits Tall
The groom, a banker who stands very, very straight whenever anyone mentions a measuring tape.
Motive
The groom she pitched for years, who stood to lose face over his 'AVP' salary.
Every guest plays one suspect, so anyone at your table could be the killer. Playing with fewer than8? Some of them simply aren't at the party, and the mystery still works. Swipe for more; tap Motive to see why each one is a suspect.