Alaigal

Alaigal is a Tamil soap opera on Sun TV. It is a prime time serial. The show stars Jayachitra, A. L. Raghavan, Vadivukkarasi, Venu Arvind, Mohan Vaidya and Viji Chandrasekhar. The show is produced by Vikatan Televistas Pvt. Ltd and director by Sundar K Vijayan. It was aired on every Monday to Friday.[1]

Alaigal
Logo of Alaigal
GenreDrama
Written byDevibala
Saiprakash K. Vijayan
Directed bySundar K. Vijayan
StarringJayachitra
A. L. Raghavan
Vadivukkarasi
Venu Arvind
Mohan Vaidya
Theme music composerDhina (Title Song)
Kiran (Background Score)
Opening theme"Suttrum Bhoomi"
(Vocals)
Kavitha Krishnamurthy Subramaniam
Palakkad Sreeram
Vairamuthu
(Lyrics)
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Tamil
No. of episodes403
Production
Producer(s)Vikatan Televistas Pvt. Ltd
Production location(s)Tamil Nadu
Running timeapprox. 15minutes
Release
Original networkSun TV
Original release29 October 2001 (29 October 2001) –
28 May 2003 (28 May 2003)
Chronology
Preceded byKrishnadasi
Followed byAppa

Plot

Chandrasekar-Kalyani is the parents of three children: Kannan, Vijay and Raji. Chandrasekar had an elder brother. After the death of the latter, their three children are orphaned and stay with Chandrasekhar. Ramu, the eldest of the three, is a married to sita, a woman of virtue. The couple, however, is treated like unpaid servants by Kalyani. The second one is Gayatri, who works as a teacher in a school. The youngest is Anand, a press photographer. Kalyani hates the three and makes them dance to her tunes.

At this stage, the character Ranga a notorious, anti-social element is introduced. He is shocked at seeing Kalyani in a shop. The very reason for Rangs’s turning an anti-social is Kalyani. He decided to take revenge on her now and shatter her family. He arranges for a drama, which unfolds as below. Ranga and Gayatri get married in a temple. Gayatri goes to live with Ranga. Gayatri, in her new home, encounters the other side of Ranga. He injects steroids, instead of insulin, to her and thereby tarnishes her reputation in society. At the same time, he continues to play the role of saviour at Vijay’s family tactfully. Ranga hires Murali, makes the latter ‘prove’ his extra-marital connections with Gayatri.

The family fall into the trap and curse Gayatri, who is depressed. To stop this, Ranga plots to kill Gayatri, but she escapes. Everybody is made to believe that Gayatri has eloped with Murali. Anand, the press photographer, falls in love with Sindu. Sindu is born to Krishna, and estate owners, and Sakunthala. She has a brother named Hari. Sakuntala loves money than her husband, and seeds of separation have been sown. Krishna transfers his entire properties to his wife’s name and leaves the house. Sindu follows her father. Krishna comes into contact with Savitri. She consoles him and takes care of the child Sindhu, too. Hard work makes Krishna the owner again of a tea estate.

At this juncture, Sindu loves Anand and wants to marry him. Savitri agrees to this, though reluctant at first. Meanwhile, Ranga is continuing his search for Sowmya. Kalyani settles for a girl to be wed to her son Vijay. But he turns it down saying he loves Sowmya. Unable to hide his love, Vijay decides to wed Sowmya, after seeking the blessings of his father. Vijay, who feels Ranga can solve problems, introduces him to Sowmya and there is a huge shock. Sowmya fumes on seeing Ranga who spoiled her family. But there is a catch. To Vijay, Ranga is a godfather, and he would not allow anything said against Ranga. Sowmya senses that Ranga intends to shatter the entire family. It is indeed a mega task before her to save the family and expose him.

Lots of questions remain unanswered. Will Sowmya succeed in her trials? What is the mystery surrounding Savitri at Ooty? Savitri nurture with Chandrasekaran’ family? The solutions reveal lots of sentiments including love, affection, revenge frenzy and challenges. The daily mega serial is embedded with several unpredictable turning points.

Cast

Main cast

  • A. L. Raghavan as Chandrasekar
  • Rajesh as Krishna (Savithri's husband)
  • Jayachitra as Savitri (Rajashekar and Chandrashekar's sister)
  • Vadivukkarasi as Kalyani
  • Venu Arvind as Rangarajan "Ranga/Raja" - Main Protagonist/Antagonist
  • Reshma (Epi 1-86)/Sri Durga (Epi 90-403) as Sowmya Vijay - Main lead
  • Absar as Vijay, Soumya's husband

Additional cast

  • M. S. Bhaskar as Mouli (Brother of Kalyani)
  • S. N. Lakshmi as Chandrasekhar, Rajasekhar and Savithri's mother
  • Viji Chandrasekhar as Radha (Kannan's wife and Kalyani's daughter-in-law)
  • Kavithalaya Krishnan as Ramu / Rajasekhar(Antoganist) (dual role)
  • Nithya Ravindran (Epi 1-32) / Vanitha Krishnachandran (Epi 33-403) as Seetha (Ramu's wife)
  • Manjari as Sindhu (Souyma's friend)
  • Sakthi Kumar as Anand (Sindhu's lover)
  • Yuvasri as Gayathri (Vijay's cousin and Ranga's wife)
  • Murali Kumar as Kannan
  • K. S. Jayalakshmi as Shakuntala, Krishna's wife
  • Mohan Vaidya
  • Vishwa as Hari (Sindhu's brother)
  • Golden Suresh as Bala (Sindhu's adopted brother and Ranga's brother)
  • Daniel Balaji as Dharma, Ranga's aide
  • Alaigal Rani as Raji (Kalyani's daughter)
  • Kavin as Rahul, Radha's ex lover
  • Baby Sambhavi
  • Amitha as Varsha (Ranga's worker who creates differences between Vijay and Soumya)
  • Master Naveen as Ramu's son
  • Baby Prahisitha
  • Manohar
  • Raaghav
  • Sukumari
  • Srilekha Rajendran as Bama
  • Sumangali
  • Auditor Sridhar as Dhanraj
  • Rindhya
  • Vinayakarajasekar
  • Madurai Nambi
  • Dinki as Anu (Dhanraj's daughter)
  • Vadhana
  • Venkat
  • Revathi sankar
  • Mythili
  • T. V. Varadarajan
  • Kanga
  • Baby Shambhavi
  • Madurai Jayanthi
  • Sai Lakshmi
  • Sree Kumar
  • Rajeev
  • Sindhu
  • Sneha Eswar
  • Shyam Ganesh
  • Muthu Subrananiyum
  • Hema
  • Geethanjali
  • Hemaatha
  • Devaguru
  • Railway Vijayakumar
  • Shanthi Williams
  • Santharan
  • Sambath
  • Vani
  • Master Roshan
  • Master Prasanna Sundar
  • Aruna as Aruna, Sindhu's hostelmate (Uncredited)

Cameo appearances

Airing history

Alaigal is a television soap operas which aired on Sun TV. It premiered on 29 October 2001 at 7:30 p.m. On 11 February 2002 a show named Indhira replaced it in that time slot and Alaigal was moved to 9:00 p.m.

Awards and honours
YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
2002 Mylapore Academy Awards Best Television serial [2] Won
Best Director Award Sundar K. Vijayan Won
Best Actor Award Venu Arvind Won

See also
  • List of programs broadcast by Sun TV
  • List of TV shows aired on Sun TV (India)

References
  1. Rina Chandran (22 October 2002). "Vijay primes new soaps for new eyeballs". The Hindu Business Line.
  2. "Mylapore Academy awards". The Hindu. 12 September 2003.
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