Keladi Kanmani (TV series)
Keladi Kanmani (Tamil: கேளடி கண்மணி) is a 2015 - 2017 Indian Tamil language soap opera starring Arnav, Krithika Krishnan, Sai Priyanka ruth, Preethi Kumar, Sadhana, Shanthi Williams and more. It aired on Sun TV from 6 April 2015 to 7 October 2017 on Monday through Saturday at 6:00PM (IST) for 767 Episodes. This show replaces super hit serial Mundhanai Mudichu and produced by Cine Times Entertainment and Season 1 story and direction by O. N. Rathnam. Later season 2 was directed by P.selvam.[1]
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| Tamil | கேளடி கண்மணி |
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| Creative director(s) | Madhu Mogan |
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| Music by | Kiran |
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| Country of origin | Tamil Nadu |
| Original language(s) | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 767 |
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| Producer(s) | Cine Times Entertainment |
| Production location(s) | Chennai |
| Cinematography | Meenatchippatti P. Kasinathan |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 20-22 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | Cine Times Entertainment |
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| Original network | Sun TV |
| Original release | 6 April 2015 – 7 October 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Mundhanai Mudichu முந்தானை முடிச்சு |
| Followed by | Sun News |
Season 1
Maya (Krithika Krishnan) is a mentally challenged woman. She is the daughter of Bhavani (Sadhana) and Nandakumar (Ramachandran). Nandakumar divorces his wife and remarry another woman. Bhavani raises Maya alone with lots of problem. One day when Bhavani cannot solve all her problems, she commits suicide. To save her, Yugendran (Arnav) comes and marries Maya. Yugi's mother (Shanthi Williams) does not accept Maya as her daughter-in-law as Maya is mentally challenged. Through the rocky relationship and problem between Yugi and Maya, their love was always unconditional. One day, the priest tells Bhavni, she will need to visit a holy place to do some prayers to make her daughter become a normal women. Bhavani would bring Maya to that place and do all the prayers.
The season comes to an end when Maya's mother sacrifice her life to god to make Maya (Shefaali Shyamili) a normal woman. When Maya wakes up, her mother will die. Maya will know nothing of her previous life when she wakes up. She will be brought to the temple's leader Chidambaram's house and he adopts her as his daughter. In there she is renamed to Mahalakshmi and season 2 will begin.
Season 2
Afters The temple asks a non-married girl Mahalakshmi (Divya Sridhar) to walk around the village naked to fulfill the god's wishes. To save Maha from the embarrassment, Vijayan (Arnav) comes to the temple and marry Maha. Maha is now a married women and can no longer do the vows. Vijay's family has a curse from the snake. Whoever tries to marry Vijay or his sibling will die. But Maha is special, she has the power of the snake god. Vijay's father and older brother is unhappy about Vijay's decision on marrying the girl and will try to kill her. The story is about how Maha tries to escape their trap and gets accepted into the family.
Cast
Season 1: (episode 1–331)
- Arnav as Yugendran "Yugi"
- Krithika Krishnan as Maya Yugendran
- Sadhana as Bhavani (Maya's Mother)
- Sai Priyanka Ruth as Priyanka (Yugi's younger sister)
- Shanthi Williams as Bhagyam (Yugi's mother)
- Manikandan as Pratap (Priyanka's husband)
- Jai Ram as Velu (Yugi's friend)
- Prithi as Vaishali/Vaishu (Maya's step-sister)
- M. Ramachanthiran as Nandakumar/Nandu (Maya and Vaishu's father, Bhavani's ex-husband)
- Sujatha Panju as Rekha (Nandu's second wife and Vaishu's mother)
- Krithika as Malathi Pachai (Yugi's elder sister)
- Sukkiran as Pachaimuthu "Pachai" (Malathi's husband and Yugi's brother in-law)
- Joker Thulasi as Ethiraj (Pachai's father)
- Bharath Guru as Dilli (Pachai's brother)
- Reena as Shantha Kumari "SK"
- Sathiyasai as Bhargavi "Kuttyma" (Yugi's youngest sister)
- Renuha as Malar (Bhavani's housemaid)
- Jacob Kevins as Gautham ( Kuttymah's boyfriend)
- Krishna Kishore as Inbha (Pratap's elder brother)
- Mahalakshmi as Varsha (Pratap's elder sister)
- Puviarasu as Prakash
- Jegan
Season 2: (episode 332–767)
- Main Cast
- Arnav as Vijayan "Vijay"/Aryagan "Arya"/Jeeva IPS
- Divya Sridhar/Shefaali Shyamili as Mahalakshmi Vijayan "Maha"
- Recurring Cast
- Ferozkhan as Jayamani
- Nancy Jennifer as Naga Manimalai (Nageshwari "Eshwari")
- Sheela as Muthupechi
- Vineetha Shalini "Shalu"
- B. Jayalakshmi as Ambika
- Gracy as Nageshwari "Eshwari"
- Vittal Rao as Chidambaram
- Azhagu as Thillainayagam
- Divya Ganesh as Chembaruthi
- Geetha Ravishankar as Chembaruthi's mother
- Gayathri as Jeeva's mother
- Thilla Bairavan Kill by Arnav Jeeva
Original soundtrack
Title song
It was written by famous lyricist Yugabharathi, composed by the famous music director Kiran. It was sung by Chinmayi with the right feel which touched people.
Soundtrack
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Akaya Ellai Neeye (ஆகாய எல்லை நீயே)" | Yugabharathi | Chinmayi | 3:27 |
International broadcast
The Series was released on 6 April 2015 on Sun TV, the series also aired on Sun TV HD. The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution. It airs in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, 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 as Cine Times and also airs in Sri Lanka Tamil Channel on Shakthi TV.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by Sun TV
References
- "Keladi Kanmani New Serial on Sun TV". cinema.dinakaran.com.
External links
- Official Website (in English)
- Sun TV on YouTube
- Sun TV Network (in English)
- Sun Group (in English)