An ex-CFO turned angel investor. Sharp, cynical, recently divorced. Ricky played the long game as "Vikram," a burnt-out tech entrepreneur with a brilliant idea for sustainable aquaculture. He presented spreadsheets, pitch decks, and tears. She wired five crores. The "farm" was a rented beach shack with a broken printer.
Their plan was not elegant. It was brutal. It was feminine.
Paro got her grandmother's necklace back within the week—Ricky had kept it, a trophy, in a safe deposit box under a fake name. Ishita got a cash settlement from the sale of the Goa shack, which she used to open a gym for underprivileged girls. Tara got the pleasure of watching Ricky Bahl, the confidence man, sign a non-disclosure agreement that bound him to a life of legitimate, boring, low-paying work at a cousin's logistics firm in Gurugram. ladies vs ricky bahl movies
Ricky, now using the name "Dev," a spiritual-but-calculating "wellness fund manager," took the bait within 48 hours. He saw the vulnerability. He smelled the twelve crores.
The three ladies never spoke again. Not officially. But Paro sends Ishita a photo of every new necklace she designs. Ishita tags Tara in every post about her gym's success. And Tara, sometimes, when she passes a five-star hotel, smiles. An ex-CFO turned angel investor
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But artists leave fingerprints.
Three women, three cities, three shattered lives. A diamond necklace from Mumbai, a vintage Porsche from Delhi, and a five-crore seed fund for a "luxury pet resort" in Goa that existed only in a PDF file.
They created "Alisha Khanna." Heiress to a defunct textile empire. Late twenties. Recently bereaved—her "father" had just passed, leaving her a confused, lonely, and very liquid fortune of twelve crores. Paro designed her Instagram: moody photos of empty swimming pools, a single antique bracelet, poetry about loss. Ishita handled the "chance encounter" at a five-star hotel gym in Udaipur—Ricky's predicted next hunting ground. He presented spreadsheets, pitch decks, and tears