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Now though for a while I found Nandini one dimensional,but off late, I have been having a different perspective about her character.
As a viewer,we know of Nand's atrocities and the fact that he has committed so many sins in his life that we find it very hard to imagine him doing any good.
But Nandini has not witnessed any of it,first hand.
Let's forget about Nand's atrocities for a second. Just think of Nand as a father. Nandini is his youngest(correct me if Im wrong) and the only daughter he has (correct me if Im wrong again). She's the 9th child.
What we find is that despite all the other cons in the man,he happens to be a doting and loving father to Nandini. He has not discriminated based on her gender,trained her in swordsmanship. Given her the right to express her opinions and respect them. And at times,at the cost of his own pride,put her wishes first.
Even when she put an unrealistic demand foe the swayamvar,he accepted that too. Having believed that his daughter definitely deserved the best.
But,when it came to Malay,he may have taken the wrong call. But even then,he qas ready to call of the wedding if she wanted to.
Now this is where my opinion about Nandini changed.
What she went through at this point is what most of the women go through. A lot of women wouldn't even have the option of going against the parent,but still its this dilemma which is tough for any woman.
Sacrificing one's own expectations from life at the cost of the father's pride.
Nand was ready to call of the wedding,but she chose not to let him do that. As she understood the repercussions. Parvatak would become an enemy and they couldn't affor it at this point.
From the very beginning,she had bad vibes abput Malay. Yet,sheagrees to accept this man who had no moral compass.
This brings me to another point. We as viewers can draw comparisons between Nand and Malay (and even when forget,Nand's wives keep reminding us),but this side of Nand is unknown to Nandini.
She is blinded by her love for her father,because he has only but been good to her.
Special mention to Shweta here.i think she has emoted this innwr turmoil extremely well. When in solitude,she lets her tears fall,but when in public,she dare not speak of the mental torture she is gping through.
Nandini has not seen Nand torturing women or kidnapping them. Unless she sees it with her own two eyes,I don't think anyone,let alone Nandini would ever believe that her dad is capable of doing any such thing.
She only knows one thing-My father has done so much for me and I shall do the same for him.
So many women go through this at various times in their lives,so if you actually think about it,she is only doing what most of the women in this country do.
Only a fraction of the entire population may make some sense of he discrepancy,but even then,what we see most often is we all our family above everything.
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