Indian supernatural multilingual television series
Nandini is an Indian Tamil-Kannada bilingual supernatural fantasy thriller drama series that aired on Sun TV, and Udaya TV. It was produced by Sundar C under Avni Telemedia.
The first season of the series starred with Nithya Ram in the dual roles as Nandini (titular role) and Ganga. In addition to Kushboo Sundar, Riyaz Khan, Malavika Wales, Adhitri Guruvayurappan, Rahul Ravi, Vijayakumar 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
| Seasons
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Episodes
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Original Broadcast
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| First aired
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Last aired
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1
(Tamil and Kannada)
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600
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23 January 2017 (2017-01-23)
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22 December 2018 (2018-12-22)
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2[a]
(Only in Kannada)
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400
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25 February 2019 (2019-02-25)
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31 July 2020 (2020-07-31)
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3[b]
Spin off
as Jothi
(Tamil)
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15
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29 May 2021 (2021-05-29)
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1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
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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 guy called Rathnavel falling in love with Parvathy, 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 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 captures the heart of Arun Rajashekar, son of Rajashekar, who marries her. Although Kavitha, Janaki's friend, also loved Arun, she passed away from heartbreak as a result of Janaki and Arun's marriage. Kavitha's sister Bhairavi 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, 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 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 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.
Reception
In week 42 of 2017 and the following week, it was at first position.[5][6] In week 52 of 2018, it was at first position with 15.47 million impressions.[7]
