Vani Rani (TV series)
Vani Rani | |
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Genre | S pera |
Written by |
Radaan Mediaworks Dialogues by Pa.Raghavan |
Screenplay by | S. Kumaresan |
Directed by |
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Starring |
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Theme music composer | C. Sathya |
Opening theme |
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Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Tamil |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 1702 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Suku Kuchappan |
Producer(s) | Radaan Mediaworks India Limited |
Cinematography |
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Editor(s) |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | approx. 20–29 minutes |
Production company(s) | Radaan Mediaworks |
Release | |
Original network | Sun TV |
Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | 21 January 2013 – 20 October 2018 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Chellamay |
Followed by | Chandra kumari |
External links | |
Production website |
Vani Rani is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language family soap opera starring Raadhika, Venu Arvind, Babloo Prithiveeraj, Arun Kumar Rajan, Vicky Krish, Neelima Rani and Navya Swamy. It premiered on 21 January 2013 on Sun TV. Radaan had announced that it is reaching the climax 20 October 2018 and will be replaced by a new show Chandra Kumari in which Raadhika will be playing 7 different roles. [1][2] It is currently directed by film director R.Aravindraj and produced by Radaan Mediaworks.[3][4]
Plot summary
Episode 1-166
Twin sisters Vaani and Rani (Raadhika), after the loss of their parents are brought up by their paternal uncle, Manikkam (Ravikumar). Vaani aspires to become a lawyer, therefore Rani sacrifices her education so that Manikkam will make Vani a lawyer. Over the years, Vaani passes out as a successful Lawyer and gets married to Bhoominathan (Venu Arvind), a granite businessman, while Rani gets married to Bhoominathan's stepbrother, Swaminathan (Babloo Prithiveeraj), a popular restaurant owner. Meanwhile, Manikkam's son, Manohar (Sivaji Manohar) falls in love with Bhoominathan's sister, Jyothi (Roopa Shree) and elopes with her, where Rani is forced to get marry, which results in several problems, resulting in Vaani and Rani earning the wrath of both their uncle and their mother-in-law, Angayarkanni (Shanthi Williams), while Vani refuses to speak with Rani thereafter.
Episode 167-433
Over the years, Vaani and Bhoominathan turn out to be very successful, while Rani and Swaminathan are not too successful since all of Swaminathan's business turn out to be failures. However, they all live together in the same house. Vaani has two sons, Surya Narayanan (Arun Kumar Rajan), an unemployed and childlike lawyer and Gautham (Vignesh Kumar), the college bad boy and troublemaker, while Rani has three children, Saravanan (Maanas Chavali), Selvi (Nikhila Rao) and Thenmozhi (Neha). Problems continue to erupt in the house due to Bhoominathan's ego against his stepbrother, while the entrance of Anagayarkanni, who is jealous of Vaani and Rani's close relationship despite Vaani's refusal to ever directly address Rani, further worsens the problems, by conspiring against them and trying to separate them. Meanwhile, Selvi falls in love and under dire circumstances marries Rajesh (Guhan Shanmugam) with only Vani as a chance witness, causing a rift in the family, and their eventual separation, resulting in Vaani and Rani to getting separated. However, Bhoominathan later realises his faults, turns over a new leaf and sends his mother away and tries to get the family together.
Episode 434-1500
They get together but live in separate houses. However, problems continue to haunt them in the form of a vengeful Angayarkanni and Jyothi and Kadhir, a local don who has his vengeance against Saravanan. Gautham threatens Kadhir to leave his family alone. After many incidentes and obstacles Gautham, who secretly loves Pooja, marries Pooja to rescue Saravanan from Kadhir. Kadhir turns into a good man after Pooja's marriage. While Jyothi's daughter Poongodi is involved in a love triangle between Karthi (Rajkumar), Manohar's son, and Saravanan. Selvi also faces numerous problems through her father in law, Kaali (Baboos), Alamelu and Shenbagam (Sumangali and Shreedevi), Shiva (Jai Ram) and Geetha, and later on through Kaali's daughter, Malathy (Minnal Deepa). Surya gets married to Dimple. She hates Vaani and does everything against her mother-in-law. Surya and also Dimple wanted to divorce each other several times, but at the end, Vaani was able to bring back them together. Gautham becomes a police man and investigates a murder that took place in a quarry which was owned by a doctor known as GP. GP is also a big business magnate who controls the Indian medicine mafia activity and his son Arya was a big criminal dealing in international illegal organ mafia activities. Then due to rage of Gautham killing Arya, GP vows to destroy Vaani's family and that will lead Pooja's uncle Kathir to revenge GP by mysteriously killing GP's henchmen and trying to destroy his businesses and his criminal network. GP tried killing Kathir but finally got arrested by Gautham. Will Kathir kill GP or GP will kill Kathir?
Cast and characters
Main cast
Actor | Character | Role | Episodes |
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Raadhika | Vaani Bhoominathan | Famous lawyer | 1–present |
Rani Swaminathan | Housewife, ex-restaurant owner | 1–present | |
Venu Arvind | Bhoominathan | Businessman, Vaani's husband | 1–present |
Arun Kumar Rajan | Surya Narayanan Bhoominathan | Businessman, Vaani's son | 2–present |
Neelima Rani[5] | Dimple Surya Narayanan | Businesswoman, Surya's wife | 434–present |
Vicky Krish | Gautham Krishnan Bhoominathan | Police officer, Vaani's son | 1–present |
Maanas Chavali | Saravanan Swaminathan | Rani's son | 15–present |
Neha | Thenmozhi Swaminathan | Student, Rani's daughter | 1–present |
Bhavani | Village Girl | 1616–present | |
Navya Swamy | Pooja Gautham Krishnan | Gautham's wife | 353–present |
Shruthi Shanmuga Priya | Pavithra Saravanan | Saravanan's wife | 1000–present |
Niranjani Ashok (or) Nikhila Suman (till Episode 1255) | Selvi Rajesh | Restaurant owner, Rani's daughter | 1–1256, 1258–present |
Guhan Shanmugam | Rajesh Kaaliappan | Restaurant owner, Selvi's husband | 1–present |
Mahalakshmi | Poongodi Karthikeyan | Karthik's wife | 87–present |
Rajkumar Manoharan | Karthikeyan Balasubramaniam | Poongodi's husband | 9–present |
Murali Krrish | Auto Aarumugam | Malathi's husband | 9–present |
Recurring cast
- Ravikumar as Manikkam (9–present)
- Gayathri (10–21) / Jyoti Reddy (21–228) / Roopa Shree[6] (228–676) / Premi Venkat (676–present) as Jyothi Manohar
- Shanthi Williams as Angayarkanni (12–present)
- Bhanu Sri as Sandhya
- Suhasini as Nandini
- Prakash Rajan as Dheenadayalan
- Madhuvanti Arun as Chandrika (1617-present)
- Vasavi as Asha
- Sangeetha Balan as Sundari Kaaliappan
- Andrew Jesudoss as Kadhir
- Sivaji Manohar as Manohar Maanickam (12–present)
- Premi Venkat as Jyothi Manohar (1004–present)
- Raj Mithran as Balasubramaniam( 9–present)
- Veena Venkatesh as Mekala Balasubramaniam (9–present)
- Saathappan Nandakumar as Mayilvaganam (433–present)
- Rajendran as Ponnambalam (433–present)
- Sri Lekha Rajendran as Alamelu Ponnambalam (433–present)
- Joker Thulasi as Point
- Nagalakshmi as Parvatham (934–present)
- Geetha Anjali as Azhagumayil (934–present)
- Nathan Shyam as Mithran (1005–present)
- Shamily Sukumar as Tejuswini (Teju) (1001–present)
- Radha as Mithran and Tejuswini's mother (1005–present)
- Ramachandran as Sadasivam, Pavithra's father (1004–present)
- Tharini as Mythili Sadasivam, Pavithra's mother (1001–present)
- Kovai Desingu as Aasaan, Pooja's uncle
- Aravish Glitzy as Mani, Aasan's son
- Sathya Sai as Sivagami
- Nikhila Rao as Selvi Rajesh[7]
- Anusha Rai as Tulasi
- Usha Elizabeth as Tulasi's mother
- Sivakumar as Mahalingam
- Sumangali as Alamelu
- Sreedevi as Shenbagam
- Kannayiram as Muthu
- Jai Ram as Shiva
- Jyothi as Malathi Aarumugam
- Vasu Vikram as Moorthy
- Reshma Pasupuleti as Devika
- Krishna Kishore as Krishna
- Nithya as Savithri
- Azhagu as Savithri's husband / house owner
- Nivetha as Valli
- Mohan as Karuppusamy
- Vimal Raj as Kaththi Sekar
- Sathyajit as Kailash
- Krrish as Mahesh
- Prithi as Mahesh's wife
- Bharath as Velu
- Veluchamy as Naagaraj
- Deepa as Muthupechi Naagaraj
- Swapna as Lavanya
- Nisha as a Gangster
- Mohan Sharma as Viswanathan
- Krithika Laddu as Agalya
- Nivedhitha Pankaj as Anjali
- Abhishek as Mugundhan
- Nakshathra Nagesh as Rudhra
- Meena Kumari as Rudhra's mother
- Muthuraman as AC Anbuchelvan
- Mamilla Shailaja Priya as Akilandeswari
- Mamathi Chari as Kokila Swaminathan / Jessie
- Nalini as Krishnaveni
- Minnal Deepa as Malathy Aarumugam (Aarumugam's wife)
Music
The title song was written by lyricist Pa. Vijay, composed C. Sathya sung by Sakthisree Gopalan, Dharshini and Kaushik Menon. It was remade in three different languages.
Soundtrack
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
1. | "Oru Paravai (ஒரு பறவை) Title Song" | Pa. Vijay | C. Sathya | Sakthisree Gopalan Dharshini Kaushik Menon | 3:20 |
2. | "Collegekku Collegekku Bus Day da (காலேஜ்க்கு காலேஜ்க்கு பஸ் டேடா)" | 2:44 | |||
3. | "Enna Thavam Seiyenamma (என்ன தவம் செய்யேனம்மா)" | 3:16 | |||
4. | "Uyirukkul Oru Osai (உயிருக்குள் ஒரு ஓசை)" | 5:10 | |||
5. | "Pesidum Pesidum Kangale Neethano (பேசிடும் பேசிடும் கண்களே நீதானோ )" | 5:50 |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
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2014 | Sun Kudumbam Awards 2014 | Best Actress | Raadhika | Vani and Rani | Won |
Best Supporting Actor | Prithvi Raj | Swaminathan | Won | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Mahalakshmi | Poongkodi | Nominated | ||
Best Brother | Vicky Krish | Gowtham | Nominated | ||
Best Mother | Sangeetha Balan | Sundari | Nominated | ||
Best Serial | Vani Rani | Nominated | |||
Best Male Villain | Andrew Jesudoss | Kadir | Nominated | ||
2018 | 1st Galatta Nakshathra Awards | Best Serial | Vani Rani | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actor | Prithvi Raj | Swaminathan | Nominated | ||
Remake
- The Hindi produced their own version of this series, which aired on &TV from 7 August 2017 on Monday to Friday at 7:00PM (IST), as Vaani Rani. The remake starred Tanvi Azmi as Vani and Rani, Sanjay Gandhi as Vani's husband, Prakash Agnihotri, and Iqbal Syed as Rani's husband, Ajay Kumar Agnihotri.[8]
- A Bengali language remake was broadcast on Zee Bangla from 23 October 2017 on Monday to Saturday at 8:30PM (IST) as Seemarekha, produced by Surinder Films. One of the top leading ladies in the Bengali serial, Indrani Haldar, was tapped to portray Raadhika's character, Seema and Rekha (Vani and Rani).[9] This storyline some different like an original serial.
International broadcast
The series was released on 21 January 2013 on Sun TV, and also airs on Sun TV HD. The show was also broadcast on the channel's international distribution.
- The show's episodes were released on YouTube channel RaadenMedia after original telecast.
- It airs in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV and Sun TV HD.
- It airs on Sri Lanka Tamil channel on Vasantham TV every Monday to Friday at 8:30PM (SST) with Sinhala subtitles.
- It aired in the Indian state of Kerala on Surya TV, dubbed into Malayalam with the same title. It has been stopped.
- It aired in the Indian state of Telangana on Gemini TV, dubbed into Telugu Language with the same title. This was to be launched on Gemini TV from 23 February 2013. It ended with 73 episodes from 6 June 2013. The show was re-launched on Gemini TV from 9 November 2015 and ended with 348 episodes from 24 June 2016.
References
- ↑ "சன்டிவியில் வாணி ராணி 1000" (in Tamil). tamil.filmibeat.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
- ↑ "Vani Rani completes 1700 episodes". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
- ↑ Template:Cite hits-century/articleshow/53149307.cms
- ↑ "TV drama Vani Rana completes seven years of production". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
- ↑ "Neelima joins the cast of Vani Rani". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
- ↑ "Making an impact". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
- ↑ "நான் போல்டான பொண்ணு! : சீரியல் நடிகை நிகிலா" (in Tamil). tamil.filmibeat.com. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- ↑ "'Vani Rani': A tale of estranged twins". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
- ↑ "'Seemarekha' on Zee Bangla Tv". www.newstechcafe.com.
External links
- Official website (in English)
- Sun TV on YouTube
- Sun TV Network (in English)
- Sun Group (in English)