Dharmen Shah

Dharmen Shah is the owner of the Confidence Group, a large real estate development company in Mumbai. He is in direct competition with J.J. Chacko of the Ultimex Group, another developer in the city. He is a man who indulges himself and is used to getting his way. Although generous to his workers and those who he decides to buy out, his generosity is only to accomplish his goals, not a character trait. Shah maintains two homes, one that he shares with his teenage son, Satish, and his housekeeper, Giri. His wife died five years earlier. Since that time he acquired the second flat where he keeps a mistress who is allowed to stay as long as she maintains strict loyalty to him. The second home is more luxurious and meant to be indulgent.

Shah is a large, overweight man who is in poor health. He...