And, come to think of it, in the same episode we also lose Rajshri, Nawazzudin’s strong wife in the past.Įverything is seemingly over in the present day. Radhike is great with what she has to do, but I was a bit disappointed to see her killed off just when it felt like her character was finally going to do something. And Jitendra gets more to do in the episodes he is in, time with his family, a backstory, all kinds of things. Probably tied for screen time with Neeraj Padi. Radhike is listed a the co-lead for this series, and she isn’t quite, definitely just behind Saif and Nawazuddin. Instead of having a massive cast that never get their own focus, they just sort of stretched out the story so that each individual character has their own series. Characters who might just be a small part in the novel are given a leading role for one series, and then killed or otherwise written off.
This is something that is unique to the structure this show has created. Radhike is killed, after Jitendra in the last episode. But possibly also to the assassin in the present who is killing and gutting thumbs off with no control. Clearly a reference to Nawazuddin in the past. The title “Rudra” means the stormgiver, the angry vengeful face of Shiva. And then he is arrested by Neeraj Padi and knows he plans to kill him. The people cheer him, thinking he did it for them, not realizing it was simple revenge. He goes on a revenge spree, killing innocents in the Muslim neighborhood and then setting it on fire. Saif resists, until another attack kills his wife. She encourages him to retaliate and protect “his” people after the bombings injure them. Meanwhile in the past, Nawazuddin is more and more in love with his wife, and she starts feeding him a new way of looking at religion, as a way of giving strength and value to the community. And then goes to the hide out and cuts off Saif’s thumb and is about to cut off his hand when the police arrive with back-up. Radhike goes to search the apartment of the assassin and finds some kind of plans but before she can call in what she has found, the assassin comes home and kills her. Saif is captured and taken to the hide out where they are unloading boxes from the train. They go to train station where they are stopped by a gang, Saif jumps on the train while Radhike holds them off with his gun. In the present, Saif and Radhike are teamed up again, both with similar leads. This is if you want a summary and discussion of just these episodes.
Final section! If you want to talk about the whole thing and get a summary of it, you can check out the full spoiler review here.