Chaman Tripathi

Physical Appearance
Chaman Tripathi is a five feet and eight inches tall man with black hair that's suffering from a hesitantly receding hairline. He has a mustache and is often seen wearing casual clothing (buttoned shirts and simple pants), as opposed to his brother who dresses like he's about to ask you for votes. He has a permanent look of discomfort and confliction.

Personality
Chaman is the most easy-going person in the entire tripathi family. He is kind and sweet.At the same time, is also stress personified. Absolutely anything and everything will set off his panicking. Has trouble believing in himself and his abilities.

Early Life and Past
Chaman suffers from lack of badam in bachpan syndrome. He wanted to be lawyer but failed in the final exam. (In his defense the questions were "out of syllabus"). Because of this he ended up feeling like a shadow of his brother.

Morals and Ideals
Chaman goes with whatever he's given, but as the story goes on we see him taking a stand for what he believes in. He accepted and understood Kartik and Aman, but took his time to actively do something about it. He goes based on logic, and morally, he is pretty secure.

Abilities
Chaman gets it. He understand and sees the viewpoints of others even when he doesn't agree with them personally. Chaman likes to give people a chance, mostly because he hates that he never had the opportunity. He takes a stand when he needs to and does it so well.

Weaknesses
He doesn't believe in himself. It's easier for him to just shove the blame onto something out of anyone's control, than on someone. Though he sees his own faults, he is unable to do anything about them. He fears failure so much, that he stays as far as he can from even trying. Being accepting and easy-going is both his strength and weakness.

Self-Esteem and Mental Health
Chaman's self-esteem is taking a nap in the riverbed of Ganga. He's really confused and stressed most of the time, because he hates the kind of responsibility the rest of the family shoves onto him.

Being under-appreciated and making mistakes in his youth makes him worry about how susceptible he is to making more mistakes. He hates being responsible, but feels like handling things himself are the only way to make sure what he has is secure.

He can stand personal abuse, but finds it hard to watch someone he cares about be misunderstood and under-appreciated. Despite this, it's still tough for him to protect and defend, but he knows what to do when things go too far.

Character Development
In the first half of the movie he's shown to be awkward and punching bag. Everything comes back to his law degree and he's too flustered to defend himself, but right before the intermission we see him understanding and talking to Kartik. He wanted a logic to it and got it when Kartik provided him with one, even though he didn't do anything about it.

But Goggle running away and Shankar's take on the situation finally woke him up. He rebels in his own way ("sab apna apna pakdege"). He decides to take charge of his life and situation and do what "he" thinks is right. Chaman gets his knight in shining armour moment in the end when he defends Kartik and Aman from the police and stalls them being arrested till the final decision next day.

Relationships
Chaman and Champa are mostly happily married, save for the fights that come from his own insecurities and Champa's stubbornness.

He is close to all the Tripathi kids, and is the "favorite devar" of Sunaina and is close to Shankar, though he finds it hard to agree with what he does.

Trivia

 * Tried for a law degree and failed.
 * Collects gandi gandi CDs
 * Ally but uh. yknow. He's a little confused but he's got the spirit
 * Just wants to be seen for who he is.
 * Thinks sex is disgusting. Uncle are you ok.
 * Bullying victim someone please help him