Thanks dasa for your great update.
Yeah, even I was wondering how Nithila II knows about Selva's marital problems and even knows Thamira's attorney.
But I had this doubt....all those Selva/Nithila scenes today...
was it actually Nithila II?
First when she was sitting in the bedroom of her house,
she overhears Selva and Shantha talking about the tender quote. And throughout Selva's presence in the bedroom...she is not shown to be angry or in tears. She is very calm. Her behaviour although it was expected, was also kind of strange.
Then she shows up in Selva's office. At first, even I mistook the office scene as one of Selva's dreams.
But dasa, do you remember when Selva was spinning that thing (was it a ball?) on the table (sorry, I didn't find that part in your update)....he casually asks Nithila, "This is not some kind of act, right? Like that coffee matter...." When he says that, did you notice Nithila's facial expression, she's confused there for a moment and says, "Coffee matter?"....and he suddenly stops spinning that thing on the table. It was only at that point I figured out he was actually talking to Nithila II. Somehow, she smiles...opens the tender quote file...and leaves.
The mallipoo scene, that was a dream sequence.
Selva finds Nithila missing the next day morning, with the mallipoo and halwa kept in place on the bed.
If it really was Nithila I...she would have thrown the mallipoo and halwa in the garbage. Or she would have started the day with screaming at Selva. Instead she quietly leaves the house.
We are told that she left early morning for the temple. And in the final scene, we are shown Nithila II meeting Prabhakar.
My guess is that Nithila II has replaced Nithila I.
So where did Nithila I disappear?
This episode was definitely made to confuse us.
Sorry dasa, if I confused you as well.