This paper explores the interaction of Mahesh Dattani’s, ‘On a Muggy Night in Mumbai’ with R. Raj Rao’s ‘Criminal Love? Queer Theory, Culture and Politics in India’ under Queer Theory. Queer Theory studies homosexuality, incorporation of gender and sexuality in texts, along the history of queer writing. Mahesh Dattani’s play is the first play in Indian Theatre to have openly gay themes on stage. Since much of queer writing comes from the West, in order to facilitate a holistic understanding of the play in the context of the Indian subcontinent, this study is done from the lens of R. Raj Rao, who is himself a queer theorist from India. This paper focuses on the impact of homosociality, heteronormativity, and homophobia in the play and on the lives of gay people at large.