History Film / GowriGanesha

* TheWoobie: Gowri.

* ValuesDissonance: It seems awfully strange for an orphanage to just let Lambodhar take one of its boys away for a few days, when such a request in any Western Hemisphere orphanage would set off all kinds of red flags. However, in India, pedophilia against girls is treated seriously, while pedophilia against boys is seen as extremely unthinkable. This is due to homosexuality itself being such a deeply taboo concept there. At that time, Lambodhar is HappilyMarried, so the orphanage would have no reason to suspect him of such tendencies.
** Becomes ValuesResonance when Lambodhar formally adopts Ganesha.

* {{Jerkass}}: Chandramouli's parents. They threaten to completely cut him off financially and fire him from the family business, unless he gets married. Even after showing them Gowri's picture, and arranging for an elaborate wedding reception so enough anecdotal evidence of his "wedding" exists, they guilt trip him into coming to Amritsar Punjab, by pretending to be victimized by a terrorist attack. Turns out, the terrorists actually targeted that airliner, making Chandramouli their actual victim.

* ChildByRape: W[[spoiler: hat Madhusudhan believes the kid named Ganesha to be. He actually isn't. He is just some kid in an orphanage, that Lambodhar has hired to enact a long con.]]

* TheMark: The import export businessman, Anand Rao, the chemical industrialist Madhusudhan and the businessman Chandramouli's Punjab based parents are all targeted.

''Gowri Ganesha'' is a Carnatic-language BlackComedy made in 1991, starring Ananth Nag. The movie follows Lambodhar, a small time hustler and ConArtist who, in the course of perpetrating a malingering based con in a hospital, stumbles upon the corpse of a young woman named Gowri. Upon finding out that she was an orphan (just like him), then finding her diary in which she kept a sordid account of all the people who used her and drove her to die penniless in a government run hospital, Lambodhar resolves to avenge her. Not by inflicting violence, but by perpetrating a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal long distance]] LongCon, that nets him a ''lot'' of wealth.

* [[spoiler: ChildByRape: What Madhusudhan believes the kid named Ganesha to be. He actually isn't. He is just some kid in an orphanage, that Lambodhar has hired to enact a LongCon.]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Some of the more spectacular schemes Lambodhar pulls up fall apart because he never thought about ''covering'' his tracks. His "photojournalist" con falls apart because the original guy who was ''supposed''to pick up the camera from the store only left town on a short trip and eventually came back. His malingering con to finagle free food and a bed to sleep in, from a government hospital falls apart because doctors can detect a guy only complaining of phantom pains with no underlying cause [[note]] this is typical behavior exhibited by painkiller addicts seeking drugs [[/note]], and his LongCon falls apart when all three marks [[spoiler: show up at the same time to see the kid Ganesha. And two of those marks even know each other]].

* EthicalSlut / LadyDrunk: Gowri's friend Chanchala is not above getting shitfaced, or indulging in a little no strings attached roll in the hay now and then. She even agrees to take Gowri's place in a forced tryst with Anand Rao, so Gowri doesn't suffer career harm, but won't have to have sex with him.

* LongCon: Lambodhar pulls one on Anand Rao the US based import export executive, Madhusushan the Kolkotta based chemical industrialist and Chandramouli's parents. [[spoiler: He tricks them all into providing financial support to raise Gowri's nonexistent son Ganesha.]]

Gowri Ganesha is a Carnatic language BlackComedy made in 1991, starring Ananth Nag. The movie follows Lambodhar, a small time hustler and ConArtist who, in the course of perpetrating a malingering based con in a hospital, stumbles upon the corpse of a young woman named Gowri. Upon finding out that she was an orphan (just like him), then finding her diary in which she kept a sordid account of all the people who used her and drove her to die penniless in a government run hospital, Lambodhar resolves to avenge her. Not by inflicting violence, but by perpetrating a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal long distance]] LongCon, that nets him a ''lot'' of wealth.

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* TheWoobie: Gowri.

** Becomes ValuesResonamce when Lambodhar formally adopts Ganesha.

* [[LittleMissConArtist Little Con Artist]]: Lambodhar uses neighborhood children for multiple cons. [[spoiler: He uses Ganesha, an orphan to further the long con he is pulling on Anand Rao, Madhusudhan and Chandramouli's parents.]]

* MisBlamed: In-universe: Anand Rao, the dog of a boss who tries to force Gowri to sleep with him upon penalty of termination and blacklisting from the corporate world, [[spoiler: never actually slept with Gowri. Her friend Chanchala who is an EthicalSlut, agreed to stand in for her that night.]] Similarly, Madhusudhan [[spoiler: never raped Gowri. After Chandramouli's parents force him to take an overnight flight to Punjab, Gowri just leaves the fancy hotel where the wedding reception is being held. Her friend Chanchala gets drunk and is sleeping it off in the wedding suite booked for Gowri. A drunk Madhusudhan stumbles in there and rapes Chanchala]].

* CutLexLuthorACheck: Lambodhar never engages in cons for the big score, not until he discovers Gowri's corpse. The hustles he pulls seem small time, but all h is trying to do is get by. He swindled the camera out of the store, but was actually doing a decent job as a photojournalist. He hustles some money out of his neighbors to shop for them, but his deal making ability leads one to believe that he would be a successful legitimate trader. One gets the sense that if someone actually gave him a real job, his people skills, head for business and ability to spot opportunity would take him very far. [[spoiler: Which is proven to be true, once he swindles sufficient funds out of the three marks. He doesn't just waste that money living opulently, he invests it to open his own clothing store, which is doing quite well. Lambodhar devotes his full time to running the store, and gives up the small time hustling.]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Some of the more spectacular schemes Lambodhar pulls, fall apart because he never thought about ''covering'' his tracks. His "photojournalist" con falls apart because the original guy who was ''supposed''to pick up the camera from the store only left town on a short trip and eventually came back. His malingering con to finagle free food and a bed to sleep in, from a government hospital falls apart because doctors can detect a guy only complaining of phantom pains with no underlying cause [[note]] this is typical behavior exhibited by painkiller addicts seeking drugs [[/note]], and his LongCon falls apart when all three marks [[spoiler: show up at the same time to see the kid Ganesha. And two of those marks even know each other]].

Gowri Ganesha is a Carnatic language BlackComedy made in 1991, starring Ananth Nag. The movie follows Lambodhar, a small time hustler and ConArtist, who in the course of perpetrating a malingering based con in a hospital, stumbles upon the corpse of a young woman named Gowri. Upon finding out that she was an orphan (just like him), then finding her diary in which she kept a sordid account of all the people who used her and drove her to die penniless in a government run hospital, Lambodhar resolves to avenge her. Not by inflicting violence, but by perpetrating a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal long distance]] LongCon, that nets him a ''lot'' of wealth.

Finally though, all three of Lambodhar's marks figure out they've been had. They go to confront him. If he can [[KarmaHoudini wiggle out of this]], forms the plot for the movie's ending.

* MisBlamed: In-universe: Anand Rao, the dog of a boss who tries to force Gowri to sleep with him upon penalty of termination and blacklisting from the corporate world, [[spoiler: never actually slept with Gowri. Her friend Chanchala who is an EthicalSlut, agreed to stand in for her that night.]] Similarly, Madhusudhan [[spoiler: never raped Gowri. After Chandramouli's parents force him to take an overnight flight to Punjab, Gowri just leaves the fancy hotel where the wedding reception is being held. Her friend Chanchala gets drunk and is sleeping it off in the wedding suite booked for Gowri. A drunk Madhusudhan stumbles in there and rapes Chanchala.]]

* SexualExtortion: Anand Rao the owner of the company Gowri works at, propositions her. When she refuses, saying she is not that kind of woman, he gives her an ultimatum. Sleep with him, or get fired and blacklisted, so nobody else will hire her.

Gowri Ganesha is a Carnatic language BlackComedy made in 1991, starring Ananth Nag. The movie follows Lambodhar, a small time hustler and ConArtist, who in the course of perpetrating a malingering based con in a hospital, stumbles upon the corpse of a young woman named Gowri. Upon finding out that she was an orphan (just like him), then finding her diary in which she kept a sordid account of all the people who used her and drove her to die penniless in a government run hospital, Lambodhar resolves to avenge her. Not by inflicting violence, but by perpetrating a [[AddedAliterativeAppeal long distance]] LongCon, that nets him a ''lot'' of wealth.

* [[spoiler: ChildOfRape: What Madhusudhan believes the kid named Ganesha to be. He actually isn't. He is just some kid in an orphanage, that Lambodhar has hired to enact a LongCon.]]
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Lambodhar never engages in cons for the big score, not until he discovers Gowri's corpse. The hustles he pulls seem small time, but all h is trying to do is get by. He swindled the camera out of the store, but was actually doing a decent job as a photojournalist. He hustles some money out of his neighbors to shop for them, but his deal making ability leads one to believe that he would be a successful legitimate trader. One gets the sense that if someone actually gave him a real job, his people skills, head for business and ability to spot opportunity would take him very far. [[spoiler: Which is proven to be true, once he swindles sufficient funds out of the three marks. He doesn't just waste that money living opulently, he invests it to open his own clothing store, which is doing quite well. Lambodhar devotes his full time to running the store, and gives up the small time hustling]].

* LongCon: Lambodhar pulls one on Anand Rao the US based import export executive, Madhusushan the Kolkotta based chemical industrialist and Chandramouli's parents. [[Spoiler: He tricks them all into providing financial support to raise Gowri's nonexistent son Ganesha.]]

* {{Misblamed}}: Anand Rao the dog of a boss who tries to force Gowri to sleep with him upon penalty of termination and blacklisting from the corporate world, [[spoiler: never actually slept with Gowri. Her friend Chanchala who is an EthicalSlut, agreed to stand in for her that night.]] Similarly, Madhusudhan [[spoiler: Never raped Gowri. After Chandramouli's parents force him to take an overnight flight to Punjab, Gowri just leaves the fancy hotel where the wedding reception is being held. Her friend Chanchala gets drunk and is sleeping it off in the wedding suite booked for Gowri. A drunk Madhusudhan stumbles in there and rapes Chanchala.]]

* WickedStepmother: Gowri's stepmother treats her like a slave while her dad is still alive, then throws her onto the street when her father dies.

* FeetFirstIntroduction: Lambodhar

* [[spoiler: RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Madhusudhan had raped an unconscious woman on Gowri and Chandramouli's pretend wedding night. He thinks Ganesha is conceived off that rape. When he goes to confront Lambodhar along with Chandramouli's parents for conning them all off child support money, Lambodhar reveals the rape. Chandramouli's parents immediately forget all about Lambodhar and turn their ire towards Madhusudhan.]]

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