Rao's Solution

Rao’s Solution is a fast-paced contemporary story about the struggle to end wage inequality—all told in the context of a tale of political intrigue, espionage, love triangles and the struggles of a father, mother and son to resolve their many differences.

Paul Earl, a T.V producer, who has establishment roots, struggles to salvage his career. When he creates a new feel–good game show, based on a fair game of chance that is designed to help the poor during the Holiday Season, his world turns upside down. He finds comfort in the arms of one of his contestants, Maria, who unbeknownst to Paul, is already involved in a love triangle with a rogue fugitive CIA agent, Pete Sanchez. Sanchez, while on assignment in South America, was thought to be involved in a plot to assassinate, Karamchand Rao, the President of his country who had instituted new laws designed to eliminate income disparity amongst his country’s citizens. Sanchez is thought to be New York where he is being pursued by both the FBI and Nadi Rood, the head of a Rao’s intelligence service.

Meanwhile Paul’s T.V show takes an unexpected turn for the worst. The poor contestants, who the show is designed to help, do not fare well, and it is only the rich contestants who appear to benefit from the show’s game even though the game provides a mathematically equal opportunity for rich and poor guests to win. Attempts to improve the show and help the poor take unexpected turns as behind the scenes efforts by network executives unexpectedly result in giving rich contestants even greater returns.

To add to Paul’s challenges, he finds himself at odds with both his estranged wife, Alexa, and with his son, Chris, a college student who is a member of a fraternity, whose activities appear to go beyond traditional fraternity partying and appear to further a decidedly aggressive leftist political agenda. Paul and Alexa are thrown together when their son’s life is threatened.

Paul's fundamental beliefs are challenged.