Chandra Nandini 96-100: The moment of truth; Supplement page 6 - Page 8

Originally posted by: sashashyam

UPDATE TO MY SUPPLEMENT AFTER TONIGHT'S REVELATIONS

Tonight we had one peach of an episode, which covered an amazing amount of ground, and that too with surprising clarity. And the best of all. Chandra came out of it smelling of roses.

It went exactly according to the Too good to be true segment in my supplement.

And Anu (anurao.66) needs a special prize. It was she who stressed the two "hunting for the book" scenes, and the drastic difference between the two Nandinis, as the factor most likely to have clinched the doppelganger explanation for Chandra, and she was spot on!👏

Chandra did it all on his own , sent Chanakya a message, whence his promise to Nand to get him his daughter, ie Roopa, and roped in Nandini from before the execution.

I had said in my main post that I felt he would have visited Nandini before the execution. That too happened, though I did not expect all that happened at that meeting. I also had an option of his eavesdropping on Sunanda and Roopa, but I slotted that in immediately after the execution, and that was of course off the mark

Also, tonight showed the huge advantage the CVs have over the viewers. They can pull a rabbit out of a hat any time they want to!

See, I analysed the options at great length, beginning from the question of how Chandra got to know that the double's name was Roopa. I could never have guessed that this info would come from Roopa herself pretending to be Nandini, and that it would be confirmed by Sunanda. So all the variations I deduced from this one question were nullified at one stroke!

I was also arguing that Chanakya would not have given that undertaking to Nand unless he had known about Roopa, and was planning to pass her off as Nandini. This was correct, but not the deduction I made from this: that it was a joint plan of Chanakya and Chandragupta. For the truth was quite different: it was a Chandra plan from the beginning, and Chanakya knew about Roopa only courtesy Chandra!

Even the smashing the wall with his dhai kilo ke haath was there, but the context was as different as could be, and no one, but no one, could make fun of it.

What we had tonight was a resounding boost for Chandra, even better than what I had hoped for. So I do not care that most of my supplement was rendered redundant, and I am delighted!

I loved that little bit where Chandra thinks to himself that he can sense the difference between Nandini and Roopa from his instinctive reaction to the person. His expression as he is looking at her then, with his hand resting snugly on her shoulder , is quite remarkable: soft, almost tender, with no overt romanticism in it, but a great sense of apnapan.

Equally charming was the moment when he clambers down into that secret room and looks at Nandini, and she smiles at him. As was the term - bholi- that Chandra uses for her when speaking to his Acharya. It is so affectionate and protective.

The two of them are now not only a team for this task, but for keeps. That much is very clear. But I am sure Nandini will find out at some intermediate point that Roopa is her sister, which will probably throw a spanner in the works, even if only temporarily.

As for Sri's apprehensions (see below), no, it won't. It was perfectly jointed, if there is such a word!😉 Nandini is sweet and supportive, not domineering and preachy. Sri, you have to shed this mahaanta fixation pronto! 😉

I loved the whole episode. Everything else apart, it was free of Daadi, Durdhara, Helena and Aapama. No wonder it was too good to be true!😆

Shyamala/ Aunty/Periyamma/Akka