Kusum Nigam

Kusum, talking to her mother the day of the wedding ceremony.

Aman Tripathi (former fiancé)

## Physical Appearance

Kusum is a ray of sunshine with black, straight, (the same probably cannot be said for the character itself, but we'll withhold judgement) long hair that reaches her upper back. Her complexion is on the lighter side and is very pretty. She's five feet and five inches tall, which, as well all know, is the exact height of happiness in human form.

Unless you're Aman Tripathi, in which case you're grumpiness in human form.

## Personality

She has a shy and meek put-on charm on the exterior. She's good at manipulation and is exploitative; she does not mean harm to others, but seeks personal gain. She will do what she needs to to get what she wants. She is sweet and bubbly, and cares deeply for the people she loves.

## Past

We have no idea in the slightest. She's the daughter of the Tripathis' neighbour, Nagar Nigam, and has been set up to marry Aman Tripathi for about an year.

## Morals and Ideals

Kusum's moral alignment can be best described as chaotic neutral. She has no real moral code and is honestly just living life for herself, which is extremely valid and understandable and something to aspire to.

## Abilities and Strengths

Kusum Nigam is:

* A master thief
* Persuasive. Good for her.
* Probably capable of convincing you into pulling off a diamond heist with her.
* Fully aware of what she wants and will do anything to get it.
* A dirty double crosser (10/10)
* A runner. She did track in high school, fight me.

## Weaknesses

* Men who steal cars to resell them and are also possible murderers

## Relationships

She loves Rakesh: he is a car thief/possible murderer who loves Kusum but apparently hasn't killed anyone. She is not allowed to marry him due to her parents disagreeing on the grounds of caste differences.

## Character Development

Kusum is by far the most dynamic characters of the ten significant characters in the movie. She starts out appearing shy and innocent in the very beginning, seeming like yet another victim of the heteropatriarchy, forced to marry a flaming homo without realising it. As the story unfolds we come to see that she is not helpless at all, and is actually quite enthused by the prospect of marrying Aman Tripathi, because it'll help her evade her parents and be with the actual man of her dreams.

Her plan is to marry Aman and then live in Delhi with him, but be with Rakesh (who also lives in Delhi) on the down low.

Aman agrees to this somewhat questionable plan, but mostly because he saw his boyfriend get hatecrimed by his father.

However, it then turns out that Kusum had a plan of her own- she never intended to get married to Aman, just to gain access to the streedhan Sunaina was to give her upon Kusum's marriage to her son. Once Kusum achieved that, she stole the jewellery and then ran away immediately, making her arguably the best ally of them all.

But she did get caught, and then did proceed to rat out the gays to the cops for the cardinal sin of being gay in order to save herself, so maybe not.

## Trivia

* PT Usha lite
* Very Pretty. I Love Her. She Is So Pretty
* Probably was a pickpocket at some point in her life.
* Gay rights enthusiast unless it's her freedom at stake
* Questionable taste in men. We don't really know how Rakesh looks but stealing cars isn't really a good sign. I mean at least he loves her