Being Cyrus is a comedy psychological drama. The movie narrates the story of Cyrus Mistry (Saif Ali Khan), a wanderer from Jamshedpur. Cyrus admires the works of Dinshaw Sethna (Naseeruddin Shah), a sculptor who lives in Panchgani. Dinshaw’s wife, Katy (Dimple Kapadia), on another hand, is tired of the slow life of Panchgani and her passionless marriage, so she starts an affair with her brother-in-law, Farrokh (Boman Irani). Katy wants Cyrus to murder her father-in-law who lives with Farrokh, so she can spend some time with Farrokh. However, will Cyrus agree to Katy’s plan and be her pawn?