Zindagi Shataranj Hai is a thriller drama that revolves around a man whose wife is not ready to accept him as her husband despite the fact that everyone else knows that he is her husband. Meanwhile on the other hand a mysterious murder takes place in the same city and traces point towards the lady’s house where this confusion takes place. Is there a connection to the crime and the couple or just a coincidence? The police are called in to investigate the case at the same house as many twists and turns await before the truth is revealed.