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| Nandini | |
|---|---|
 Nandini poster | |
| Genre | Supernatural Fantasy Horror |
| Story by | Sundar C |
| Directed by | Raj Kapoor |
| Starring | Nithya Ram Khushbu Rahul Ravi Malavika Wales Adhithiri Riyaz Khan Vijayakumar Gayatri Jayaraman Rekha Krishnappa |
| Theme music composer | Hiphop Tamizha |
| Opening theme | "Yaaradhu Yaaradhu" Karishma Ravichandran(Vocals) |
| Composer | Dhina |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original languages | Season:1 Tamil Kannada Season: 2 Kannada |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 977 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Season:1 Sundar C Kushboo Sundar Season: 2 Ramesh Aravind |
| Cinematography | Season: 1 U. K. Senthil Kumar |
| Production companies | Season: 1 Avni Telemedia Sun Pictures Season: 2 Ramesh Aravind Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sun TV Udaya TV |
| Release | 23 January 2017 (2017-01-23) – 31 July 2020 (2020-07-31) |
| Related | |
| Jothi | |
Nandini is an IndianTamil-Kannada bilingual[1][2]supernatural fantasy thriller drama series that aired onSun TV andUdaya TV.
The first season of Nandini started inTamil andKannada languages. It aired from 23 January 2017 to 22 December 2018 onSun TV and from 23 January 2017 to 22 February 2019 onUdaya TV for 589 episodes.[3] It was produced bySundar C underAvni Telemedia. The season starredNithya Ram in a dual roles as Ganga and the titular characterNandini, along withRahul Ravi,Khushbu,Malavika Wales, Adhitri Guruvayurappan,Riyaz Khan,Vijayakumar,Gayatri Jayaraman and Rekha Krishnappa in pivotal roles.
The second season of Nandini started inKannada language onUdaya TV from 25 February 2019 to 31 July 2020 for 381 episodes.[4][5] It was produced byRamesh Aravind Productions.[6] This season starsNithya Ram(later replaced byChaya Singh), Vinay Gowda, Kavya Shastry, Rashmi, Bharath, Jayashree and Rekha Krishnappa in lead roles.[7]
A spin-off of Nandini titled asJothi aired from 29 May to 1 August 2021 inTamil language onSun TV for 13 episodes.[8] It starredMeghashree,Chandana Shetty and Vishnu Unnikrishnan in the lead roles.
| Series | Languages | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | ||||
| 1 | Tamil Kannada | 589 | 23 January 2017 (2017-01-23) | 22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 22 February 2019 (2019-02-22) | |
| 2 | Kannada | 381 | 25 February 2019 (2019-02-25) | 31 July 2020 (2020-07-31) | |
| Spin-off asJothi | Tamil | 13 | 29 May 2021 (2021-05-29) | 1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) | |
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, Rathnavel 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 capture 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 Parvathy and stole the three kaal chakras. Parvathy requests Nandhini that she should kill every murderer along with their whole family and return the lost Kaal Chakras. In the Rajashekar's palace, where Ganga is present, Namboodhiri locked Nandhini in a snake pit.
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 palace 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 snake pit for the last 14 years without realising that her own sister is locked 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 snake pit the night before her marriage, and when her blood fell accidentally 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 chakra, but ends in vain. 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 Ganga was freed from custody. After learning of Nandhini's fate, Ganga confronts Rajashekar and begs him to provide the Kaal Chakras, but he refuses and tries to murder 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. Rajashekar, in the meanwhile, commands Bhairavi, a magician in need of Kaal chakras, to change into Ganga and come to the palace.
Then, Nandhini captures Bhairavi, murders Namboodhiri and Vichu, and enters the palace dressed as Ganga in order to look for kaal chakras. After disturbed 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 wrong things about Nandhini. After attempting to kill Nandini, Ganga realises they both are sisters and therefore clasp hands with Nandini. However, destiny intervenes, causing them to battle again until Madhavi seizes all three kaal chakras and gives rebirth to Namboodhiri. They both go to the Kaatamman 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 Parvathy's assertion that she should kill the Rajashekar's family, Nandhini transforms as stone serpent to punish herself. 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.
Season 2 focuses on the story of Nandini(Nithya Ram/Chaya Singh) and her struggles to retain the kalachakras from the evil. It is also the story of Ganga and Arun's daughters Janani (Nithya Ram/Chaya Singh) and Devasena (Kavya Shastri), and the defeat of the evil by good.
In week 42 of 2017 and the following week, the show was at first position.[10][11] In week 52 of 2018, it was at first position with 18.47 million impressions.[12]
Even though the season had goodTRP in its initial days, it began to drop afterCOVID-19 break and the show went off-air on 31 July 2020.[13]