Baby Factory: She is seen and treated like a means of providing future generation by her wealthy husband and father-in-law.
Bathroom Break-Out: Escapes through a bathroom window when she finds out Raghu wants to kill her after the baby is born.
Morning Sickness: She is sick. A sign that she is two months pregnant.
Naïve Everygirl: She hasn't experienced the full extent of Honor-Related Abuse that women in her native country have. She learns quickly, though, poor woman.
You Can't Go Home Again: Her father tells her she can't go back to her birth family when she tries to escape Raghu's abuse and philandering.
Maithili
Honor-Related Abuse: She is questioned and called bad names because Raju hid in her room (nothing actually happened, though).
Old Maid: Because of the scandal at the wedding and her rejection of her fiancé's wealthy family, she almost became one and would have had to commit suicide to save face.
Second Love: She is supposed to marry her wealthy (but wimpy) college sweetheart, but after she rejects him, Raju steps in. They get together at the end.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Calls her fiancé's family out for their greed and milking her father for dowry money.
Janki
Does Not Like Men: After being treated so badly by them, she becomes a man-hater.
Doorstop Baby: She was taken in and raised by Puroshottam as well as trained in the performing arts by him.
Love Triangle: She is in a relationship with her co-star Manish, but her theatre instructor/director Puroshottham wants her to be his mistress instead.
Mistaken for Cheating: Manish believes Puroshottham's lies about Janki and wants to leave her.
Shotgun Wedding: She is supposed to marry her boyfriend Manish, who is her baby's father.
Take a Third Option: Her stunt does not go over well with the public mainly because it was done during a religious play. She is given the option of going to Prison or a Bedlam House... The third choice appears when Puroshottham offers Janki his protection in exchange for being his mistress. Subverted because she doesn't take the third option and ends up going to the asylum instead.
Bollywood Nerd: She is learning from her son how to use a computer, and she is teaching the people of her village computer literacy as well.
Country Mouse: Ramdulaari lives in a rural village rather than in the city like most of the other characters do.
Cruel and Unusual Death: She's punished for her son's actions by being gang-raped by Gajendra and Virendra, then burned alive.
Honor-Related Abuse: She is raped and murdered because her son Prakash is in love with Sushma, Gajendra's daughter.
I Have a Family: She pleads with the men who turned against her that she has a family to take care of. A new twist: These men who turned against her are her family.
It's Personal: Gajendra tried to rape Bulwa's mother when she asked him for a small container of water during a drought. Thus, he sees all attacks on females as an attack on his now-deceased mother.
Just Like Robin Hood: He's a dacoit (bandit) who fights for the poor and oppressed in general and women in particular.
Gajendra
I Have No Daughter!: Gajendra disowns his beloved daughter Sushma when she runs off with Prakash.
Misplaced Retribution: He punishes Ramdulaari after her son gets together with his daughter.
Puroshottam
Casting Couch: It is implied he puts at least some of his female theatre-company-members (possibly including Janki) through this or at least tries to seduce them with promise of better roles.
Crazy Jealous Guy: He keeps his beautiful young spouse Lata confined to the house for fear that she'll be unfaithful (or people will think she is).
Domestic Abuse: He keeps his young wife locked up in the house.
Double Standard: He can go out to his heart's content, but if his wife so much as looks out of the window, there will be Hell to pay.
Wife Husbandry: Seems to think that because he took Janki in and raised her, he is entitled to have sex with her. Janki does not agree and does not want to be his mistress.
Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Puroshottam tries to pose as a wounded party. He tells Manish that Janki's child belongs to him (Puroshottam), that she has been cheating on him.
Lata
Age-Gap Romance: She is married to Puroshottam, who is probably in his 50's or 60's (maybe even older). She doesn't look to be a day over 30, if even that. Her husband is very jealous and doesn't trust her — he keeps her locked in their house.
Domestic Abuse: She is kept confined to the house by her jealous husband.
Took a Level in Badass: Finally stands up to Puroshottam after Vaidehi calls him out for what he allowed to happen to Janki. She takes Vaidehi to safety and makes it clear to her husband she's not done with him.
Sushma
Defiled Forever: She's regarded as such for running off with Prakash to the point where her family mourns her as if she died.
Prakash
Bollywood Nerd: Studies in the city, and she is bringing computers to the village to improve life there.
Groin Attack: Gajendra wanted him castrated for being involved with Sushma. Subverted as it doesn't happen.
Type Caste: Gajendra dislikes him because he's from a poor family, a lower caste.
