Raju recovered, silent as the river, and taught his children to read the currents in a gentler way. Meera established a small research outpost, cataloging, tagging, and learning. Aarav, finally given the career break he needed, refused to let the story become a legend of conquest; he insisted the film end with the river’s hush and the camera pulling back, showing the banyan and reeds, the sky reflected in water that had, for a moment, revealed its oldest secret.