Nandini (TV series)
| Nandini | |
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| Genre | Supernatural Fantasy Horror |
| Story by | Sundar C |
| Directed by | Raj Kapoor |
| Starring | Nithya Ram Khushbu Rahul Ravi Malavika Wales Gayatri Jayaraman Adhitri Guruvayurappan Vijayakumar Riyaz Khan Rekha Krishnappa |
| Theme music composer | Hiphop Tamizha |
| Opening theme | "Yaaradhu Yaaradhu" Karishma Ravichandran(Vocals) |
| Composer | Dhina |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original languages | Season:1 Tamil Kannada Season: 2 Kannada |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 977 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Season:1 Sundar C Kushboo Sundar Season: 2 Ramesh Aravind |
| Cinematography | Season: 1 U. K. Senthil Kumar |
| Editors | N.B.Srikanth, C.M Selva Kumar, Sutheef S |
| Production companies | Season: 1 Avni Telemedia Sun Pictures Season: 2 Ramesh Aravind Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sun TV Udaya TV |
| Release | 23 January 2017 – 31 July 2020 |
| Related | |
| Jothi | |
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Nandini is an Indian Tamil-Kannada bilingual supernatural fantasy thriller drama series that aired on Sun TV and Udaya TV. This series is considered the most expensive TV serial of all time in South India due to its grand cinematic scale, elaborate visual effects, high production values and its simultaneous launch in multiple South Indian languages.
The first season of Nandini started in the Tamil and Kannada languages. It aired from 23 January 2017 to 22 December 2018 on Sun TV and from 23 January 2017 to 22 February 2019 on Udaya TV, both for 589 episodes. It was produced by Sundar C under Avni Telemedia. The season starred Nithya Ram in a dual role as Ganga and the titular character Nandini, along with an ensemble supporting cast which includes Khushbu, Rahul Ravi, Malavika Wales, Gayatri Jayaraman, Adhitri Guruvayurappan, Vijayakumar, Riyaz Khan, Rekha Krishnappa and others.
The second season of Nandini started only in the Kannada language on Udaya TV from 25 February 2019 to 31 July 2020 for 381 episodes. It was produced by Ramesh Aravind Productions and served as a sequel to its previous phase. This season starred Nithya Ram, Chaya Singh, Vinay Gowda, Kavya Shastry, Rashmi, Bharath, Jayashree, Rekha Krishnappa and others.
A spin-off of Nandini titled as Jothi aired from 29 May to 1 August 2021 in Tamil language on Sun TV for 13 episodes. It starred Meghashree, Chandana Shetty and Vishnu Unnikrishnan.