Annamalai (2002 TV series)

Annamalai
Tamil	அண்ணாமலை
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Raadhika
Written by	C. J. Baskar (Story) Babu Yogeswaran (Screenplay) Babu Yogeswaran (Dialogues)
Directed by	C. J. Baskar Sundar K. Vijayan
Creative director(s)	Raadhika
Starring	Raadhika Sivakumar Jyothi Lakshmi Kuyili Viji Chandrasekhar Ponvannan Shanmugasundaram Ajay Rathnam Devadarshini Shyam Ganesh Kalyani
Theme music composer	Dhina (Title Song) Kiran (Background Score)
Opening theme	"Uyirgal Pirappathu" (Vocals) K. S. Chithra KK M. L. R. Karthikeyan Vairamuthu (Lyrics)
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Tamil
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	757
Production
Producer(s)	Raadhika
Cinematography	Sakthi Saravanan
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 20-22 minutes per episode
Production company(s)	Radaan Mediaworks
Release
Original network	Sun TV
Original release	11 February 2002 (2002-02-11) – 21 January 2005 (2005-01-21)

Annamalai is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language family soap opera that aired Monday through Friday on Sun TV from 21 February 2002 to 21 January 2005 at 9:30PM IST for 757 episodes.^[1]

The show starred Sivakumar, Raadhika, Jyothi Lakshmi, Kuyili, Viji Chandrasekhar, Ponvannan, Shanmugasundaram, Ajay Rathnam, Devadarshini, Shyam Ganesh, Vijay Adhiraj, Deepa Venkat and among others, produced by Radaan Mediaworks Raadhika and is directed by C.J. Bhaskar and Sundar K. Vijayan.

Cast

• Sivakumar as Thavasi
• Raadhika as Annamalai
• Neena as Annamalai ^[2]
• Deepa Venkat as Jeeva, Annamallai's adopted daughter
• Manjari
• Shyam Ganesh as Ulaganathan
• S.P.B Charan as Ulaganathan^[3]
• Jyothi Lakshmi as Gandhimadhi
• Kuyili as Thavasi's wife
• Viji Chandrasekhar as Shanthi
• Ponvannan as Gomathi Nayagam
• Shanmugasundaram as Patalathar
• Ajay Rathnam as Anbhazhagan
• Riyaz Khan/Ravi Raghavendra as Nallasivam
• Kuyili as Visalam (Thavasi Wife)
• Kalyani as Suriya
• Devadarshini as Valli
• Vijay Adhiraj as Anwar ^[4]
• Bhanuprakash
• Poovilangu Mohan
• Arun Nepal as Thavasi's son
• Karthikeyan
• Delhi Kumar
• Nagesh Krishnamoorthi
• Sairam
• Polachchi Babu
• Mali
• Raviraj
• Kicha
• Janaki
• K. S. Jayalakshmi
• Meera Krishnan
• Nandakumar as Sathappan
• Varatharajan
• preethi sanjeev
• Sindhu
• Anandhi
• Swetha
• Sivakavitha
• Pream as Nambi (Annamalai's younger brother and Jhansi's husband)^[5]
• Arun
• Ramachandiran
• Idichapuli Selvaraj as Diwakar's father
• Deepa Venkat as Jeeva (Annamalai's adoptive daughter)
• Santhanam/Sureshwar as Sakthi
• Vizhuthugal Santhanam as Sakthi's father
• Revathee Shankar as Sakthi's father
• Cheenu Mohan as Sakthi's brother
• Shobana as Sakthi's sister-in-law
• Venkat as Subramani "Subbu"
• Sanjeev as Vinayagam "Vinay"
• Pooja as Jhansi (Annamalai's adoptive daughter)
• Iswarya as Jyothi (Annamalai's adoptive daughter)
• Siva as Basha
• Dev Anand
• Sai Prashanth as Diwakar
• Prithi as Nargis
• Devi Priya
• Gauthami as Diwakar's mother
• Raani as Meena, Vinayagam's wife

Original soundtrack

International broadcast

The Series was released on 11 February 2002 on Sun TV. The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution. It aired in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV. The show's episodes were released on YouTube channel Radaan Media from 2013.

• It aired in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on Gemini TV Dubbed in Telugu language as Sivaiah.
• In Sri Lanka Tamil Channel on Shakthi TV. It was aired Monday to Friday at 8:30PM.
• In United Kingdom Tamil Channel on Deepam TV.

References

External links

• Official Website (in English)
• Sun TV on YouTube
• Sun TV Network (in English)
• Sun Group (in English)