@Spero -Thats also because Nandini is a narrator and Manik a protagonist. You have 70 odd episodes initially and it;s all about discovering Manik and fab5. Nothing about Nandini, her character sketch, conflcits , pain , vulnerabilities or her darkness. Basically nothing that humanizes her. The only sympathy she ever got was musicana and then too since we knew about Manik ka sacrifice we connected with him there. Now they tried making Nandini more human , created a conflict for her time and again , used her naivity and innocence which was always there but since punch was a big visual it could never be easy for people to see her breaking down or helpless.
Watwanis had to sketch her conflict, darkness and background story . But by 200 episodes it's just too late. We like Nandini as a narrator, she needs to be our voice , unlike Manik who is someone we want to watch more of. It was always about Manik/fab5 ,Nandini was their catalyst , it's another thing she became huge and show got extension . It;s easy to relate to Manik ,because he was flawed since day 1 , and to play it off we had to have then the perfect Nandini. Sigh.
Also Nandini's issues are very subjective , as in Manik's trust issues, give and take was always there from day1 and they have physical presence in form of Nyo , Dhruv, Alya , harshad etc. Nandini's issues are something which divides opinions.