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| Character | Actor | Description | |-----------|-------|-------------| | Devi Pathak | Richa Chadha | Young, educated woman trapped by moral policing and a sex scandal. | | Deepak Kumar | Vicky Kaushal | Dom boy; works at a cremation ghat; dreams of becoming an engineer. | | Vidyadhar Pathak | Sanjay Mishra | Devi’s father; a retired Hindi professor; quietly grieving his late wife. | | Shalu Gupta | Shweta Tripathi | Deepak’s upper-caste girlfriend; independent, assertive, but ultimately unable to defy her family. | | Jhonta | Nikhil Sahni | Small-time boatman and informant; a minor antagonist who exploits Devi. | | Piyush Agarwal | (Minor role) | Devi’s lover; commits suicide out of shame. | | Deepak’s father | Pankaj Tripathi (cameo) | A Dom priest who dies suddenly; his death triggers Deepak’s manhood rite. | Weaknesses , which provide extensive commentary on the
Deepak (Vicky Kaushal), a boy from the Dom caste whose family works the funeral pyres, falls in love with Shaalu, a girl from an upper-caste family. Their relationship is a poetic defiance of the caste system, beautifully captured through their shared love for Hindi poetry. However, their story takes a devastating turn, forcing Deepak to confront the very mortality he handles for a living. Key Themes | | Deepak Kumar | Vicky Kaushal |