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''Played by Samantha Akkineni''
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''Played by Samantha Akkineni''Ruth Prabhu (credited as Samantha Akkineni)''
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* NotSoDifferent: Suchi, like Srikant, is very good at her job - as evidenced by the way her boss and colleagues treat her. She is also proud like Srikant, which means that when they fight neither of them wants to be the first to admit that they were wrong.
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* TheAce: He, like Srikant, is a {{Downplayed}} example. He is quick to apprise a situation and very effective. He is also the only one in the T.A.S.C. team in Season 2 to come out of every situation without any significant injury.
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* TheAce: He, like Srikant, is a {{Downplayed}} example. He is quick to apprise appraise a situation and very effective. He is also the only one in the T.A.S.C. team in Season 2 to come out of every situation without any significant injury.
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* PapaWolf: He proves to be one following [[spoiler: Dhritis kidnapping]].
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* PapaWolf: He proves to be one following [[spoiler: Dhritis Dhriti's kidnapping]].
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Initially He appears impassive and aloof to the North Indian team members but by Episode 6 he is joking and laughing with them.
* TheStoic: He is the least likely of the team to show emotion or stress; for example when, when [[spoiler: Milind is killed he is shown comforting JK]] and he remains calm throughout the [[spoiler: ordeal at Tigris Aviation]].
* TheStoic: He is the least likely of the team to show emotion or stress; for example when, when [[spoiler: Milind is killed he is shown comforting JK]] and he remains calm throughout the [[spoiler: ordeal at Tigris Aviation]].
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* DefrostingIceQueen: Initially He he appears impassive and aloof to the North Indian team members but by Episode 6 he is joking and laughing with them.
* TheStoic: He is the least likely of the team to show emotion or stress; forexample when, when [[spoiler: example, when[[spoiler: Milind is killed killed]] he is shown comforting JK]] JK and he remains calm throughout the [[spoiler: ordeal at Tigris Aviation]].
* TheStoic: He is the least likely of the team to show emotion or stress; for
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!!Muthu Pandyan
''Played by Ravindra Vijaya''
* TheAce: He, like Srikant, is a {{Downplayed}} example. He is quick to apprise a situation and very effective. He is also the only one in the T.A.S.C. team in Season 2 to come out of every situation without any significant injury.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Initially He appears impassive and aloof to the North Indian team members but by Episode 6 he is joking and laughing with them.
* TheStoic: He is the least likely of the team to show emotion or stress; for example when, when [[spoiler: Milind is killed he is shown comforting JK]] and he remains calm throughout the [[spoiler: ordeal at Tigris Aviation]].
''Played by Ravindra Vijaya''
* TheAce: He, like Srikant, is a {{Downplayed}} example. He is quick to apprise a situation and very effective. He is also the only one in the T.A.S.C. team in Season 2 to come out of every situation without any significant injury.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Initially He appears impassive and aloof to the North Indian team members but by Episode 6 he is joking and laughing with them.
* TheStoic: He is the least likely of the team to show emotion or stress; for example when, when [[spoiler: Milind is killed he is shown comforting JK]] and he remains calm throughout the [[spoiler: ordeal at Tigris Aviation]].
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: He is one to Dhriti although there are several AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moments between them.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: He is one to Dhriti although there are several AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moments between them.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted}} when Sameer is [[spoiler: captured and tortured by the Pakistani Army]].
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* TrueBeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted}} when Sameer is [[spoiler: captured and tortured by the Pakistani Army]].
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!! Raji
''Played by Samantha Akkineni''
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted}}. While she is still beautiful enough to attract unwanted attention, Raji is a soldier through and through and does not care for her appearance. She is weather-beaten and over time gets a number of bruises on her face.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her whole family was killed by the
* DrivenToSuicide: The news of Subbu's death throws her into depression and she is about to bite a cyanide capsule when a phone call snaps her out of it.
* LivingLieDetector: When Srikant tells a (made-up) tragic story implying that his son was killed in a terror attack, Raji responds by telling Srikant about her own past (see DarkAndTroubledPast above) and ends with the pointed comment "and ''my'' story is true''.
* SexForServices: Raji does not care if she has to have sex with someone as a means of getting what she wants out of that person.
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* TheSidekick: To Srikant - although to describe him as a "sidekick" downplays his importance and contribution to T.A.S.C.
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* TheSidekick: {{Sidekick}}: To Srikant - although to describe him as a "sidekick" downplays his importance and contribution to T.A.S.C.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Srikant.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Srikant.
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''Played by Neeraj MadhavMadhav''
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Moosa cries when he talks about how his mother has gone through so much (including seeing her whole family except for Moosa slaughtered by rioters). His love for her is genuine and [[spoiler: gives Srikant the means to get an upper hand over him]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: He philosophically describes the death of those who have assisted in Mission Zulfiqar as a "necessary sacrifice" but when the Mission puts his mother at risk, he wants to call it off.]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: He did not need to kiss Mary again before killing her. It is implied he has sadistic tendencies]].
!! Major Sameer
''Played by Darshan Kumar''
* AgentPeacock: He is always fashionably dressed (with a penchant for expensive leather jackets).
* BigBad: He comes the closest to being the BigBad in the series because of his unquenchable desire to crush India - regardless of the fact that is not what the Pakistani Government wants.
* ManipulativeBastard: In Season 2 he wins over the LTTE leader's support in planning a terrorist attack in India by [[spoiler: having the LTTE leader's brother assassinated and making it seem like the Indian Government assassinated him]].
* RogueSoldier: The Pakistani Government does ''not'' want to start a war against India; Major Sameer, though, has his own ideas...
* TrueBeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted}} when Sameer is [[spoiler: captured and tortured by the Pakistani Army]].
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Moosa cries when he talks about how his mother has gone through so much (including seeing her whole family except for Moosa slaughtered by rioters). His love for her is genuine and [[spoiler: gives Srikant the means to get an upper hand over him]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: He philosophically describes the death of those who have assisted in Mission Zulfiqar as a "necessary sacrifice" but when the Mission puts his mother at risk, he wants to call it off.]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: He did not need to kiss Mary again before killing her. It is implied he has sadistic tendencies]].
!! Major Sameer
''Played by Darshan Kumar''
* AgentPeacock: He is always fashionably dressed (with a penchant for expensive leather jackets).
* BigBad: He comes the closest to being the BigBad in the series because of his unquenchable desire to crush India - regardless of the fact that is not what the Pakistani Government wants.
* ManipulativeBastard: In Season 2 he wins over the LTTE leader's support in planning a terrorist attack in India by [[spoiler: having the LTTE leader's brother assassinated and making it seem like the Indian Government assassinated him]].
* RogueSoldier: The Pakistani Government does ''not'' want to start a war against India; Major Sameer, though, has his own ideas...
* TrueBeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted}} when Sameer is [[spoiler: captured and tortured by the Pakistani Army]].
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* ActionDad: He is one but his children don't know it because they think he has a desk job in a Government department. [[spoiler: His children realise he is one of these in Season 2.]]
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* ActionDad: He is one but his children don't know it because they think he has a desk job in a Government department. [[spoiler: His children realise he is one of these in Season 2.]]
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* GreenEyedMonster: Srikant becomes jealous of his wife's friendship with her colleague, Arvin. [[DidTheyOrDidntThey He may or may not be justified in feeling jealous.]]
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* GreenEyedMonster: Srikant becomes jealous of his wife's friendship with her colleague, Arvin.Arvind. [[DidTheyOrDidntThey He may or may not be justified in feeling jealous.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: Suchi, like Srikant, is very good at her job - as evidenced by the way her boss and colleagues at her new job treat her. She is also proud like Srikant, which means that when they fight neither of them wants to be the first to own up to their mistakes.
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* NotSoDifferent: Suchi, like Srikant, is very good at her job - as evidenced by the way her boss and colleagues at her new job treat her. She is also proud like Srikant, which means that when they fight neither of them wants to be the first to own up to their mistakes.admit that they were wrong.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: He is one to Dhriti.
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* RedOniBlueOni: He is the Blue Oni to Dhriti's Red Oni - when Dhriti, Suchi or Srikant are upset or have fought with each other, Atharv will always try to calm them down and make them feel better instead of taking sides or passing judgment like Dhriti.
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* RedOniBlueOni: He is the Blue Oni to Dhriti's Red Oni - when Dhriti, Suchi or Srikant are upset or have fought with each other, Atharv will always try to calm them down and make them feel better instead of taking sides or passing judgment like Dhriti.Dhriti.
!! JK Talpade
''Played by Sharib Hashmi''
* ButtMonkey: {{Downplayed}} but if there is a group of people eating at a restaurant and JK is one of them, chances are that he will be left paying the bill or struggling to finish his food as the others take off.
* TheDeterminator: JK's survival instincts are such that Srikant describes him as a "cockroach". [[spoiler: Despite being literally shot in the butt, JK manages to escape Raji and collapses only once he has reached the roadside. He is found a while later and taken to hospital, where he eventually recovers]].
* MarriedToTheJob: It is {{implied}} that the reason he is single is because his job is not conducive to settling down and having a family. That does not, however, prevent him from trying to flirt with new recruits.
* NiceGuy: He is a lot less snarky than Srikant and very loyal.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally he lets Srikant have the final say (probably as a result of Srikant being older and his senior in T.A.S.C.); but on one occasion when Srikant is ranting about Suchi, JK yells at him to shut up. Srikant is taken by surprise and shuts up.
* TheSidekick: To Srikant - although to describe him as a "sidekick" downplays his importance and contribution to T.A.S.C.
!! Moosa
''Played by Neeraj Madhav
!! JK Talpade
''Played by Sharib Hashmi''
* ButtMonkey: {{Downplayed}} but if there is a group of people eating at a restaurant and JK is one of them, chances are that he will be left paying the bill or struggling to finish his food as the others take off.
* TheDeterminator: JK's survival instincts are such that Srikant describes him as a "cockroach". [[spoiler: Despite being literally shot in the butt, JK manages to escape Raji and collapses only once he has reached the roadside. He is found a while later and taken to hospital, where he eventually recovers]].
* MarriedToTheJob: It is {{implied}} that the reason he is single is because his job is not conducive to settling down and having a family. That does not, however, prevent him from trying to flirt with new recruits.
* NiceGuy: He is a lot less snarky than Srikant and very loyal.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally he lets Srikant have the final say (probably as a result of Srikant being older and his senior in T.A.S.C.); but on one occasion when Srikant is ranting about Suchi, JK yells at him to shut up. Srikant is taken by surprise and shuts up.
* TheSidekick: To Srikant - although to describe him as a "sidekick" downplays his importance and contribution to T.A.S.C.
!! Moosa
''Played by Neeraj Madhav
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* AnnoyingYongerSibling: He is one to Dhriti.
* TheBlackmailer: He is adept at getting what he wants from Srikant by promising to keep Srikant's secrets. Usually what he wants is pizza and ice cream but over time his demands increase to i-Phones.
* TheBlackmailer: He is adept at getting what he wants from Srikant by promising to keep Srikant's secrets. Usually what he wants is pizza and ice cream but over time his demands increase to i-Phones.
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* AnnoyingYongerSibling: AnnoyingYoungerSibling: He is one to Dhriti.
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* ThePeacemaker: A character trait RedOniBlueOni: He is the Blue Oni to Dhriti's Red Oni - when Dhriti, Suchi or Srikant are upset or have fought with each other, Atharv will always try to calm them down and make them feel better instead of taking sides or passing judgment.judgment like Dhriti.
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* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: PlayedStraight when Srikant knows at once that [[spoiler: Dhriti has been kidnapped from the fact that her phone was apparently "lost" on a local train. As he says, Dhriti has never ever lost a single thing in her life.]]
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''Played by ''Aslesha Aslesha Thakur''
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* FirstKiss: With Kalyan in Season 2.
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* FirstKiss: With Kalyan in Season 2.2.
* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father Like Daughter]]: Her language is colourful, like her father (although she doesn't say the F-word until Season 2). Also, she is smart enough to figure out the significance of Srikant's seemingly banal comment about the importance of love and connections to [[spoiler: play on her kidnapper's psychology and convince him to untie her]].
* NoPeriodsPeriod: She defies this trope - first by pretending to her school principal and dad that the tablet found in her possession was an "anti-spasmodic" to help with her stomach cramps and second by confronting her father when he refuses to explain to her brother what sanitary pads are.
--> '''Dhriti''': Girls have periods and boys are dumbasses.
!! Atharv Tiwari
''Played by Vedant Sinha''
* AnnoyingYongerSibling: He is one to Dhriti.
* TheBlackmailer: He is adept at getting what he wants from Srikant by promising to keep Srikant's secrets. Usually what he wants is pizza and ice cream but over time his demands increase to i-Phones.
* CassandraTruth: He has forever been telling anyone that will listen that Dhriti has a boyfriend but no one will believe him.
* ThePeacemaker: A character trait - when Dhriti, Suchi or Srikant are upset or have fought with each other, Atharv will always try to calm them down and make them feel better instead of taking sides or passing judgment.
* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father Like Daughter]]: Her language is colourful, like her father (although she doesn't say the F-word until Season 2). Also, she is smart enough to figure out the significance of Srikant's seemingly banal comment about the importance of love and connections to [[spoiler: play on her kidnapper's psychology and convince him to untie her]].
* NoPeriodsPeriod: She defies this trope - first by pretending to her school principal and dad that the tablet found in her possession was an "anti-spasmodic" to help with her stomach cramps and second by confronting her father when he refuses to explain to her brother what sanitary pads are.
--> '''Dhriti''': Girls have periods and boys are dumbasses.
!! Atharv Tiwari
''Played by Vedant Sinha''
* AnnoyingYongerSibling: He is one to Dhriti.
* TheBlackmailer: He is adept at getting what he wants from Srikant by promising to keep Srikant's secrets. Usually what he wants is pizza and ice cream but over time his demands increase to i-Phones.
* CassandraTruth: He has forever been telling anyone that will listen that Dhriti has a boyfriend but no one will believe him.
* ThePeacemaker: A character trait - when Dhriti, Suchi or Srikant are upset or have fought with each other, Atharv will always try to calm them down and make them feel better instead of taking sides or passing judgment.
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* SirSwearsALot: He is incredibly foul-mouthed except when in front of his children.
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* WhatTheHellHero: He receives these on a regular basis - from his wife, his children, his best friend (and colleague), his daughter's school principal...
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* WhatTheHellHero: He receives these on a regular basis - from his wife, his children, his best friend (and colleague), his daughter's school principal...principal...
!! Suchitra (Suchi) Tiwari
'' Played by Priyamani''
* BilingualBonus: She speaks Hindi and English fluently but her mother tongue is Tamil. She sometimes speaks in Tamil to her children - especially when telling them off.
* HiddenDepths: According to Srikant, she used to be an excellent Bharatnatyam dancer.
* JustFriends: Starts out this way with Arvind but it is unclear [[DidTheyOrDidntThey what exactly happened that night at Lonavala]]. By Season 2 she insists that she and Arvind return to being JustFriends again.
* NotSoDifferent: Suchi, like Srikant, is very good at her job - as evidenced by the way her boss and colleagues at her new job treat her. She is also proud like Srikant, which means that when they fight neither of them wants to be the first to own up to their mistakes.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Suchi feels that she knows her children extremely well and is shocked when she finds out that Dhriti has a boyfriend.
!! Dhriti Tiwari
''Played by ''Aslesha Thakur''
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: She is a mouthy 14-year-old in Season 1 and a rebellious 16-year-old in Season 2. Her rebelliousness, however, mostly stems from her {{angst}} at the breakdown in her parents' relationship and fear that they will divorce.
* FirstKiss: With Kalyan in Season 2.
!! Suchitra (Suchi) Tiwari
'' Played by Priyamani''
* BilingualBonus: She speaks Hindi and English fluently but her mother tongue is Tamil. She sometimes speaks in Tamil to her children - especially when telling them off.
* HiddenDepths: According to Srikant, she used to be an excellent Bharatnatyam dancer.
* JustFriends: Starts out this way with Arvind but it is unclear [[DidTheyOrDidntThey what exactly happened that night at Lonavala]]. By Season 2 she insists that she and Arvind return to being JustFriends again.
* NotSoDifferent: Suchi, like Srikant, is very good at her job - as evidenced by the way her boss and colleagues at her new job treat her. She is also proud like Srikant, which means that when they fight neither of them wants to be the first to own up to their mistakes.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Suchi feels that she knows her children extremely well and is shocked when she finds out that Dhriti has a boyfriend.
!! Dhriti Tiwari
''Played by ''Aslesha Thakur''
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: She is a mouthy 14-year-old in Season 1 and a rebellious 16-year-old in Season 2. Her rebelliousness, however, mostly stems from her {{angst}} at the breakdown in her parents' relationship and fear that they will divorce.
* FirstKiss: With Kalyan in Season 2.
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!! Srikant Tiwari
''Played by Manoj Bajpayee''
* TheAce: {{Downplayed}}. He is an average guy who just happens to be very, very good at his job.
* ActionDad: He is one but his children don't know it because they think he has a desk job in a Government department. [[spoiler: His children realise he is one of these in Season 2.]]
* ConsummateLiar: PlayedForLaughs, but one of Srikant's skills is coming up with made-up stories on the spot - usually to gain the trust of a suspect but often to cover up to others about the nature of his job.
* DeadpanSnarker: No one is safe from his snark - including his children. Some of Srikant's snarkiest remarks are at the expense of his son's un-talented but enthusiastic attempts at playing a range of woodwind instruments.
* EmbarrassingParents: He is one to his children. They are especially mortified by the crappy old car that he drives and in which he drops them off at school.
* GreenEyedMonster: Srikant becomes jealous of his wife's friendship with her colleague, Arvin. [[DidTheyOrDidntThey He may or may not be justified in feeling jealous.]]
* HappilyMarried: {{Averted}}. While he and Suchi love each other deeply, they have frequent disagreements because Srikant's job keeps him away from his family when they need him and Suchi (who doesn't know the actual nature of his job) resents having to be the one that is there for the kids.
* HeroicBSOD: The Karim Batt incident results in Srikant having a crisis of confidence and questioning how T.A.S.C. is different from the terrorists it targets.
* ManlyTears: He wells up when discussing a dead colleague and cries in earnest when another colleague is killed in front of him. He also breaks down briefly when [[spoiler: his daughter is kidnapped]] and becomes tearful when visiting [[spoiler: JK]] in hospital.
* PapaWolf: He proves to be one following [[spoiler: Dhritis kidnapping]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He can take unscrupulous means to achieve his ends.
* OldFlame: He and Saloni were in love once - the audience never finds out why they broke up but they regard each other as TheOneThatGotAway.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With JK.
* WhatTheHellHero: He receives these on a regular basis - from his wife, his children, his best friend (and colleague), his daughter's school principal...
''Played by Manoj Bajpayee''
* TheAce: {{Downplayed}}. He is an average guy who just happens to be very, very good at his job.
* ActionDad: He is one but his children don't know it because they think he has a desk job in a Government department. [[spoiler: His children realise he is one of these in Season 2.]]
* ConsummateLiar: PlayedForLaughs, but one of Srikant's skills is coming up with made-up stories on the spot - usually to gain the trust of a suspect but often to cover up to others about the nature of his job.
* DeadpanSnarker: No one is safe from his snark - including his children. Some of Srikant's snarkiest remarks are at the expense of his son's un-talented but enthusiastic attempts at playing a range of woodwind instruments.
* EmbarrassingParents: He is one to his children. They are especially mortified by the crappy old car that he drives and in which he drops them off at school.
* GreenEyedMonster: Srikant becomes jealous of his wife's friendship with her colleague, Arvin. [[DidTheyOrDidntThey He may or may not be justified in feeling jealous.]]
* HappilyMarried: {{Averted}}. While he and Suchi love each other deeply, they have frequent disagreements because Srikant's job keeps him away from his family when they need him and Suchi (who doesn't know the actual nature of his job) resents having to be the one that is there for the kids.
* HeroicBSOD: The Karim Batt incident results in Srikant having a crisis of confidence and questioning how T.A.S.C. is different from the terrorists it targets.
* ManlyTears: He wells up when discussing a dead colleague and cries in earnest when another colleague is killed in front of him. He also breaks down briefly when [[spoiler: his daughter is kidnapped]] and becomes tearful when visiting [[spoiler: JK]] in hospital.
* PapaWolf: He proves to be one following [[spoiler: Dhritis kidnapping]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He can take unscrupulous means to achieve his ends.
* OldFlame: He and Saloni were in love once - the audience never finds out why they broke up but they regard each other as TheOneThatGotAway.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With JK.
* WhatTheHellHero: He receives these on a regular basis - from his wife, his children, his best friend (and colleague), his daughter's school principal...
