Kolangal (TV series)

Kolangal is an Indian Tamil language soap opera which aired on Sun TV. It is a Prime time serial that aired in weekdays. from 26 May 2003 to 4 December 2009 for 1,533 episodes.[1][2]

Kolangal
GenreTamil soap opera
Drama
Created byDeepa Venkat
Written byV. Thiruselvam
Directed byV. Thiruselvam
Creative director(s)Subramaniam Srinivasan
StarringDevayani
Deepa Venkat
Thiruselvam
Ajay Kapoor
Mohan Sharma
Sathya Priya
Nalini
Abishek
Poornima Indhrajith
Vanitha Krishna Chandran
Kuyili
Theme music composerD. Imman (Title Song)
Kiran (Background Score)
Opening theme"Kolangal Kolangal Azhagana Kolangal"
Harini (Vocal)
Palani Bharathi (Lyrics)
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Tamil (Original Version)
Telugu language (Dubbed as Muthyala Muggu)
Malayalam language (Dubbed as Same Name Kolangal')
Kannada language (Remake in Rangoli) & Hindi language (Remake in Maayke Se Bandhi Dor)
No. of seasons07
No. of episodes1533
Production
Producer(s)Vikatan Televistas
Production location(s)Thanjavur
Tamil Nadu
CinematographyPhillips S. Vijayakumar
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 13–22 minutes
Production company(s)Vikatan Televistas
Release
Original networkSun TV
Original release26 May 2003 (2003-05-26) –
4 December 2009 (2009-12-04)
Chronology
Preceded byAppa @ 9:00PM
Followed byThendral @ 9:00PM
Related showsRangoli
Maayke Se Bandhi Dor

The show starred Devayani, Deepa Venkat, Thiruselvam, Ajay Kapoor, Poornima Indrajith, While Mohan Sharma, Sathya Priya, Abishek,Subhalekha Sudhakar, Nalini, Vanitha Krishna Chandran, Kuyili, Kalpana Shree, Bombay Gnanam, Dwarakish(Giri), Auditor Sridhar, Joker Thulasi, Bharathi, Neelima Rani, Devadharshini, Priyadarshini, Dhivyadharshini Supporting Roles & Co Stars.


After 15 years hiatus, the show started reairing from 26 November 2018 on Vikatan Prime Time YouTube channel Everyday at 9 PM Same Prime Time Slot in Vikatan's YouTube channel.

The show is produced by Vikatan Televistas and Sun Pictures directed by V. Thiruselvam and Kalanithi Maran.[1] The title track was composed by D. Imman and sung by Harini. It was also aired in Tamil on Sri Lanka's Shakthi TV and United Kingdom's Tharisanam TV.

Plot

The story centres on Abhi, a hard-working, ambitious woman with strong beliefs and her business rival and half brother, Aditya. Abhi with her two sisters leads a healthy life though she tries to keep herself happy because she had a dark past. Her father had abandoned her and her mother & married another woman, the mother of Aditya, and has settled as a business tycoon. Abhi initially gets married, but it turns out to be an abusive relationship. Eventually, Adhi's lures all Abhi's close family members and turns out that all her family members are against her. Abhi divorces her husband and starts lives again. She starts a new company but is given competition by her stepbrother Aditya Eshwaramoorthy who considered her as a sworn rival. Abhi escapes from his brother's tortures and puts an end to her injustice. At the last scene, Abhi with the help of her friend Tholkappian leads a peaceful and hermit life. Abhi starts to help the orphanage, thereby ending she couldn't help herself, but she wishes to be dear among orphans even though they are not known to them. She leads a victorious life through the help of 2 friends, Tholkappian (Tools) and Usha, Adhi's ex-wife.[3]

Cast

Main cast
  • Devayani as Abhinaya Eshwaramoorthy (Abi) (Bhaskar's Wife, Sister Of Anandhi, Aarthi, Brother Manohar and Step - Sister Of Aadhitya or Aadhi)
  • Deepa Venkat as Usha Aadhi (Abi's, Tholkapian or Thols Friend) Aadhi's Wife
  • V. Thiruselvam as Tholkapian or Thols (Abi, Usha, Krishnan, and Ganga's Friend; Menaka's Elder Brother)
  • Ajay Kapoor as Aadhithiya Eshwaramoorthy or Aadhi, Usha's Husband (Abinaya and Aanandhi's Step - Brother)
  • Poornima Indrajith as Menaka and Chellama, Menaka (Tholkapian or Thols Younger Sister) and Chellama (Tholkapian or Thols and Menaka's Mother) Dual Role Of Poornima Indrajith

Recurring and supporting Cast
  • Abhishek Shankar as Baskar (2-1530)
  • Deepa Venkat as Usha (Abi's, Tholkapian or Thols Friend), Devaraj (Step - Father) and Ambika's Daughter, Aadhithiya or Aadhi's Wife (1-1533)
  • Sathyapriya as Karpagam Eshwaramoorthy (Eshwaramoorthy's First Wife) (1-1533)
  • Nalini as Alamelu Narayanan (Narayanan's Wife) (3-1530)
  • Mohan Sharma as Eshwaramoorthy (Karpagam and Kanchana's Husband) (236-1533)
  • Ajay Kapoor as Aadhithiya or Aadhi, (Anjali Younger Sister and Arjun Younger Brother), (Anu is Aadhi's Cousin) (Usha's Husband)- Main Antagonist (206-1527)
  • Manjari→Supriya (Temporary) (829-919)→Back to her Character Manjari as Anandhi Karthik (Karthik's Wife) (1-780 & 976-1505)
  • Sri Vidhya as Aarthi Rajesh (Rajesh's Wife) (1-1533)
  • Sridhar as Manohar (Anu's Husband) (1-1533)
  • Shyaam as Rajesh (Aarthi's Husband) (16-1533)
  • Bharathi as Kanchana Eshwaramoorthy (Eshwaramoorthy's Second Wife) - Antagonist (237-1526)
  • Vanitha Krishnachandran (9-679)→Kuyili as Sharadha Thiruvenkadam (Thiruvenkadam's Wife) (680-1533)
  • Bombay Gnanam as Kanchana's Mother
  • Poornima Indrajith as Menaka and Chellama, Menaka (Tholkapian or Thols Younger Sister) and Chellama (Tholkapian or Thols and Menaka's Mother) Dual Role (1044-1529)
  • Revathipriya as Sumathi Mahesh (Mahesh's Wife) (Sathish's Younger Sister) (9-1533)
  • Bhavana (42-104)→Devadarshini as Sujatha (Karthik's Elder Sister)
  • Subhalekha Sudhakar as Narayanan (Alamelu's Husband) (3-603)
  • Vishwa as Karthik (Anandhi's Husband) (29-1505)
  • Ramachandran as Thiruvenkadam (Sharadha's Husband) (9-1533)
  • Unknown (3-59)→Preethi Sanjeev (65-459)→Priyadharshini as Vidhya (Bhaskar's Younger Sister)
  • Nisha Ajay (278-394)→Deepa Narendran as Anu Manohar (Anu is Aadhi, Anjali and Arjun's Cousin) (Manohar Wife) (436-1533)
  • Iswarya Ganesh (278-637)→Dhivyadharshini (638-791)→Akila as Anjali Kishore (Kishore's Wife) (834-1437)
  • as Kishore (766-998)
  • Neelima Rani as Rekha Arjun (Arjun's Wife) (473-1488)
  • Tinku (278-1377)→Franklin (1396-1456) as Arjun (Rekha Husband)
  • Dwarakish (Giri) as Giri (Aadhithiya or Aadhi's Personal Assistant) (206-1525)
  • Auditor Sridhar as Viswanathan (9-1533)
  • Joker Thulasi as Krishnan (1-1533)
  • Kalpana Shri as Shanthi (Tholkapian or Thols Well Wisher, Tholkapian or Thols Friend Angusamy's Wife)
  • Sabitha Anand as Thilambal (Raja Annamalai's Wife) (557-828)
  • Rajasekhar as Raja Annamalai (Thilambal's Husband) (557-828)
  • Chandra Lakshman as Ganga (554-828)
  • Viji Chandrasekhar as Seetha Character Dropped (4-243)
  • Ponvannan (8-205)→Unknown as Rajaram Character Dropped (205-302)
  • Vanaja as Chithra
  • Srilekha Rajendran as Valli (1-1531)
  • Kutty Pooja→Suji as Chandra Sathish (Sathish's Wife)
  • Balaji (9-38)→Dev Anand as Sathish Thiruvenkadam
  • Keerthana→Shruthi Raj as Prabha
  • Vijaya Raj as Rajendran Abi Uncle, Karpagam Brother (46-1531)
  • Shanmugasundari as Rajaram's Mother
  • Vijaya Sharathi as Bharathi (348-1504)
  • Sheela / Geetha Ravishankaran as Ambikai
  • Dhevaraj as Devarajan
  • Gandhimathi as Narayanan's sister
  • B.Lenin
  • Premi
  • Kavitha solairaja as Sangeetha
  • Yugendran as Sivadhas
  • Oorvambu Lakshmi as Rani (Sivadhas Wife) (357-485)
  • Aarthika Sree as Vasuki
  • Suhasini as Geetha
  • Visu
  • K.Natraj as Antony
  • Narendaran as Upendra
  • Sneha Nambiar as Ranjani (162-394)
  • Nagalaksmi as Lakshmi→Kala (58-1490)
  • Karna as Karunakaran
  • Deepa Shankar as Rajesh 2nd wife
  • Sumathy Sree as Velammal
  • Birla Bose as Ravi
  • Nesan as Raghu (Bhaskar Friend)
  • Usha Elizabeth as Dr. Vimala
  • Thilla as Thilla
  • T.S.B.K. Mouli
  • Poovanan
  • Aaramudhan as Thozhar Balakrishnan (402-1508)
  • Bharathi Mohan

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryRecipientRoleResult
2003 Pace Awards Pace Awards Best Television Actress Devayani Abinaya Won
2004 Vivel Chinna Thirai Awards Best Actress Devayani Abinaya Won
2005 Galatta Nakshtra Awards Best Friend Deepa Venkat Usha Won
2010 Sun Kudumbam Awards Best Supporting Actor Award V. Thiruselvam Tholkappiyan Won
Best Male Villain Award Ajay Kapoor Aadhi Won
Best Screenwriter Award V. Thiruselvam Won
Best Supporting Actress Award Poornima Indrajith Menaka/Chellamma Won

Broadcast

In Sri Lanka the series was broadcast on Shakthi TV. In Singapore, the series was carried by cable channel Sun TV. The series was broadcast in Malaysia on Sun TV. In the United Kingdom Kolangal aired on Tharisanam TV and Global Tamil Vision. In the Indian state of Kerala, the series was dubbed in Malayalam and renamed Kolangal. It aired on Surya TV. In the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, the series was dubbed in Telugu and renamed Muthyala Muggu. It was broadcast on Gemini TV.

Remakes

The series has been remade into in Kannada language as Rangoli broadcast on Udaya TV and Hindi language as Maayke Se Bandhi Dor broadcast on STAR Plus.[2][4]

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

References
  1. "TV show Vani Rani serial breaks the record set by Kolangal and Kasthuri". The Times of India.
  2. "Far from the flashy crowd". India Today.
  3. "Kolangal Overview". tv shows.sulekha.com.
  4. "TV turn to southern remakes". www.thehindu.com.
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