Chai Pani etc… is set essentially in Delhi and Jaisalmer, is the comic coming of age story of Satya (Zafar Karachiwala), a young, idealistic, US returned filmmaker.
Satya is torn between his commitment to his old girlfriend, the fun loving, ambitious fashion designer Radha (Konkona Sensharma), who is selected for a top design school in London, and his newly found attraction, Radha's classmate from fashion school, the elegant Shanti (Konkona Sensharma) who works in an NGO (a charity).
Between falling in love and making films Satya also struggles against corrupt and hypocritical bureaucrats who try to force him to cut images of poor children from his award-winning documentary film. Adding to the chaos is Satya's aunt (Sinia Jain) who plans to get him married to a traditional Punjabi girl, and his hedonistic friend and advisor Harish (Gaurav Kapoor) who lives life king size in the real world of corruption.
Satya is confronted by dishonesty in both public and personal relationships. He has to make a choice. Will he hold on to his moralistic attitude or will he bend over?