Nandini (TV series)

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Nandini
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Nandini Season 1 poster
Genre Supernatural
Fantasy
Horror
Story by Sundar C
Directed by Raj Kapoor
Starring Nithya Ram
Rahul Ravi
Khushbu
Malavika Wales
Riyaz Khan
Vijayakumar
Gayatri Jayaraman
Rekha Krishnappa
Theme music composer Hiphop Tamizha
Opening theme"Yaaradhu Yaaradhu"
Composer Dhina
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes589
Production
Producers Sundar C
Kushboo Sundar
Cinematography U. K. Senthil Kumar
Production companies
Original release
Network Sun TV
Release23 January 2017 (2017-01-23) 
1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
Related
Jothi

Nandini is an Indian Tamil-supernatural fantasy thriller drama series that aired on Sun TV. It was produced by Sundar C under Avni Telemedia.

Contents

The first season of the series starred Nithya Ram in the dual roles as Nandini (titular role) and Ganga. It starred Rahul Ravi, Khushbu,Malavika Wales, Riyaz Khan, Adhitri Guruvayurappan, Vijayakumar, Gayatri Jayaraman, Rekha Krishnappa and others in pivotal roles. the spin-off series renamed as Jothi starred with Meghasri in the titular role with Chandana Shetty and Vishnu Unnikrishnan in supporting roles.

Series overview

SeasonsEpisodesOriginal broadcast
First airedLast aired
1

(Tamil, Kannada)

58923 January 201722 December 2018
2 [lower-alpha 1]

(Kannada)

40025 February 201931 July 2020
3 [lower-alpha 2]

Spin off as Jothi (Tamil)

1529 May 20211 August 2021

Nandhini 2 (sequel)

The second season, which began as a continuation of the first, featured Nithya Ram in three different roles (as "Nandini," "Ganga," and "Janani"), along with Chaya Singh, Kaavya Shastry, and Vinay Gowda in the main roles. It was available only in Kannada and was produced by Sling Shot Productions and Sun Pictures

Jothi (spin-off)

Jothi is a 2021 Indian supernatural fantasy thriller Tamil language television series, which aired on Sun TV on 29 May 2021 in every weekends. It was produced by Sundar C under the studio of Avni Telemedia. [1] [2] It starred Meghashree portrayed the title role, along with Chandhana Shetty and Vishnu Unnikrishnan in the lead roles. This show was a sequel of Nandini. [3]

Plot

Season 1

The serial's plot begins with a man called Rathnavel (Riyaz Khan) falling in love with Parvathy (Khushbu), an enigmatic shape-shifting serpent, and the two of them being married. Nandini and Ganga, two twin daughters, were born to her. Ganga acquired human qualities, whereas Nandini inherited snake qualities. Parvathy offers her spouse Ganga after transforming him into a transgender person in order to spare him from her clan's murderous intentions. Subsequently, Rathnavel loses all memory and hands Ganga over to Manickam, the royal housemaid. Manickam is childless and believes Ganga is his daughter, raising Ganga in the palace. Then, Rahnavel adopts the name "Seyanayagi" and keeps up his devotion to the deity Karuppar.

6 years later

Prior to Rajashekar(Vijayakumar) and his party arriving to purchase the "Kala Chakras" for financial gain, Parvathy and Nandhini were leading a tranquil life as followers of Kaatu Amman with Muniappa and his family. One day, after tricking Parvathy and Muniappa's family, Rajashekar and his pals Namboothiri, Vichu, Kumar, and Madhavi killed them and stole the three kaal chakras. Parvathy requests that Nandhini kill every murderer along with their whole family. In Rajashekar Palace, where Ganga is present, Namboodhiri and Madhavi, two magicians, imprisoned Nandhini in a puthu.

14 years later

The country girl Janaki (Malavika Wales) captures the heart of Arun Rajashekar(Rahul Ravi), son of Rajashekar, who marries her. Although Kavitha, Janaki's friend, also loved Arun, she died from heartbreak as a result of Janaki and Arun's marriage. Kavitha's sister Bhairavi(Gayatri Jayaram) swears to get revenge for her sister's demise. Soon after, Arun moved to Malaysia, where his castle was occupied by his wife Janaki. Months later, she has labour pains and gives birth to a child. However, Dharmaraj murdered her because he wanted his daughter to wed Arun. Turning into a ghost, Janaki defends her family.

6 years later

Ganga (Nithya Ram), who has grown into a beautiful young woman, has been doing pujas for the puthu for the last 14 years without realising that her own sister is imprisoned inside. Ganga consents to marry Arun because Rajashekar wants her to, and she promises to raise Arun and Janaki's daughter Devasena well.

She performed pooja to the puthu the night before the Ganga marriage, and when her blood fell on Nandhini, she emerged twenty years later and entered the Ganga's body to exact revenge for the murder of her mother. After Ganga marries Arun, she begins her revenge. She intended to murder Arun and Devasena in order to demonstrate to Rajashekar what it feels like to die, but the Janaki spirit intervenes to rescue them. She thus brilliantly kills Kumar, one of the murderers, when he arrives at the palace and attempts to grab the kala chakras, but they vanish. Nandhini departs Ganga's body to avoid being seen, and Ganga tells the authorities that she murdered Kumar and went to prison to prevent Nandhini from entering her body. However, Namboodhiri saw through it and freed Ganga from custody. After learning of Nandhini's fate, Ganga confronts Rajashekar and begs him to provide the chakras for Kaal, but he refuses and murders Ganga. Seyanayagi, however, goes to rescue Ganga. Ganga has been receiving therapy for months.

One Week Later

Nandhini (Nithya Ram) assumed a female form on One Full Moon Day, and she resembles Ganga to the letter. Rajashekar, in the meanwhile, commands Bhairavi, a magician in need of Kal chakras, to change into Ganga and come to the castle.

Then, Nandhini captures Bhairavi, murders Namboodhiri and Vichu, and enters the palace dressed as Ganga in order to look for kaal chakras. After returning from her tapasya, Madhavi (Rekha Krishnappa) makes preparations to murder Nandhini. However, Rajashekar begs for forgiveness as Ganga comes back. They quickly discover that Nandhini resembles Ganga.

A few days later, Nandhini murders Rajashekar, which led Ganga to believe the wrong thing about Nandhini. However, Nandhini and Ganga are really Seyanayagi's daughters. They therefore clasp hands. However, destiny intervenes, causing them to battle again until Madhavi seizes all three of the kaal chakras and gives birth to Namboodhiri. They both go inside the temple and trap Nandhini. However, their scheme is foiled when Ganga bestows Nandhini with the three kaal chakras.

After killing Namboodhiri and Madhavi, Nandhini triumphs. Then, contrary to Pathathy's assertion that she killed the Rajashekar family, Nandhini becomes stone. Ganga is left in tears when Nandhini and her are split apart once again. Ganga becomes pregnant after that, and the family has a happy life. However, when they are split up and the Nandhini-Ganga link is unbreakable, the last episode focuses on their sisterhood.

Cast and characters

Main

Supporting

Special appearances

Reception

In week 42 of 2017 and the following week, the show was at first position. [5] [6] In week 52 of 2018, it was at first position with 15.47 million impressions. [7]

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  1. An unrelated television series produced by Sling Shot Productions serving as a continuation of Nandhini
  2. Continues the presence of Nandhini, the character.