Character Relationship Map: Kaash

Characters

• Ritesh (played by Jackie Shroff) — protagonist

  Ritesh is a popular film star whose career collapses after a series of box-office failures and heavy losses. Hounded by creditors, he sells his belongings and becomes an alcoholic, deepening conflict...

• Pooja (played by Dimple Kapadia) — protagonist

  Pooja is Ritesh's wife and Romi's mother. As the family loses its wealth, she takes on several jobs to support them, causing repeated disputes with Ritesh. While working as a hotel chambermaid, she is...

• Alok (played by Anupam Kher) — supporting

  Alok is a stranger who intervenes when Pooja is molested by a hoodlum at the hotel where she works as a chambermaid. He offers her a job in his firm, an opportunity that annoys Ritesh and contributes...

• Romi (played by Master Makrand) — minor

  Romi is the seven-year-old son of Ritesh and Pooja, who witnesses their frequent arguments as the family struggles with financial ruin. After Ritesh wins custody, the parents discover that Romi has br...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Ritesh → Pooja (Family Spouse) — They are married partners whose household is destabilized by financial and emotional pressure.

  The plot identifies Pooja as Ritesh's wife and shows them living together with their child Romi.

• Pooja → Romi (Family Mother) — Pooja's maternal responsibility drives many of her choices.

  Pooja takes responsibility for looking after the family and later reunites with Ritesh to care for Romi.

• Ritesh → Romi (Family Father) — Ritesh is Romi's father and a central parental figure.

  Ritesh and Pooja live with their seven-year-old child Romi, and Ritesh later wins Romi's custody.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Alok → Pooja (Social Rescuer) — Alok intervenes when Pooja is threatened.

  Alok saves Pooja from a hoodlum at the hotel where she works.

• Ritesh → Alok (Conflict Jealous Rival) — Alok's intervention and employment offer intensify Ritesh's insecurity and resentment.

  Ritesh is annoyed when Alok saves Pooja and offers her a job, and this contributes to Ritesh's final demand that she choose between work and family.

Story Analysis

A collapsing marriage is transformed by a child's fatal illness into a final period of shared care, sacrifice, and emotional rediscovery.

Plot Progression

1. The Family Loses Everything — Ritesh begins as a popular film star living with Pooja and Romi. Box office failures and huge losses force the family to sell its property, while Ritesh turns to alcohol and Pooja works to support the...
2. Work, Threat, and Resentment — Pooja's several jobs increase the differences between the spouses, whose disputes are witnessed by Romi. At the hotel, Alok saves Pooja and offers her work in his firm, intensifying Ritesh's resentmen...
3. Separation and Devastating News — Ritesh demands that Pooja choose between her job and her family, and she leaves. Ritesh gains Romi's custody before discovering the child's fatal brain cancer.
4. A Family's Final Togetherness — Ritesh and Pooja reunite to protect Romi's happiness and fulfill his wishes. The traumatic experience allows the estranged couple to rediscover themselves and each other.