K.Balachander’s Sahana — Sindhu Bhairavi Part 2 — TV Series Review

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Name of the series: Sahana — Sindhu Bhairavi Part 2
Channel: YouTube
Language: Tamil with English Subtitles
Requirements: Watch K.Balachander’s (KB’s) Sindhu Bhairavi before you watch the series
TLDR: Bigamy, Marital affair, Adult Adoption
Recommendation: Please read notes on TLDR and the need for context. With those in place, I do recommend this series.

Background: This is a 25+ years old series. I was in India for Sindhu Bhairavi the movie and saw it in the theatres in Madras. It was a major hit — with KB’s direction, stellar acting by Shiva Kumar as JKB, Suhasini as Sindhu, and Sulakshana as Bhairavi, topped only by Maestro Ilayaraja’s fantastic music. I did love the movie. So when I stumbled across the sequel to the movie in a TV series, it was not hard to convince myself to view it.

Be Aware: Usually I save this section for the end, but I think in this case it is more important to be upfront. This series is part 2 of Sindhu Bhairavi — a movie that narrates the love triangle between JKB, his wife Bhairavi, and his lover Sindhu. Sindhu stormed into his life through a mutual passion for music and the passion grew organically to bring them together. The movie was extremely well directed and their roles were beautifully portrayed, so well in fact, that very few people…