Nayagi (TV series)
Naayagan (season 2 of naayagi) (transl. Leading Man) is a 2018 Tamil-language soap opera starring Nakshatra Nagesh, Krishna, Papri Ghosh and Ambika. The show premiered on 19 February 2018 on Sun TV, replacing Deivamagal. The show is produced by Vikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd and directed by Sundar K Vijayan.[1]
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| Genre | Soap opera Romance |
| Created by | S. Kumaran Team |
| Written by |
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| Screenplay by | V. K. Amirthraj |
| Story by | Vikatan Televistas Story Team |
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| Starring | Season 1 Vidya Pradeep Dhilip Rayan Ambika Papri Ghosh Vetrivelan Season 2 Nakshatra Nagesh Krishna Ambika Papri Ghosh Vetrivelan |
| Theme music composer | C.Sathya Song - Va Va Sandhoshamaa |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 647 (season 1) |
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| Producer(s) | S.Kumaran |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | c. 20–22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Vikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sun TV |
| Original release | 19 February 2018 – Present |
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| Preceded by | Deivamagal (2013-2018) |
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| Website | |
Nayagi is a family drama revolving around three women: Anandhi, a sweet-natured, easy-going girl; Vasanthi, the lady of an empire, but a bird in a gilded cage; and Sargunam, a formidable woman who has risen despite difficulties. This story is about different women in the society and they live their live. It has been renamed as Naayagan due to changes in actors.
COVID-19:Outbreak
Due to COVID-19, Naayagi and all Sun TV shows are on break. All serials including Naayagi were stopped on Wednesday April 3 to give care to the production team and the cast. Naayagi was stopped on Episode no.647
Previously Vidya Pradeep and Dhilip Rayan were playing the main role. Now the next story will be played by Nakshatra Nagesh and Krishna
Season 1 (Episodes-1-647)
The story is about Anandhi a middle-class woman who is an heir of a rich couple. She lives with her father Kathiresan and young brother Muthukumar. She marries Thirumurugan aka Thiru who is the son of the Kalivaradan who killed Anandhi's real father and took his property. But, nobody knows that Anandhi is the real heir of those properties. Ananya is Anandhi's half-cousin-sister, whose mother is the half-sister of Anandhi's real mother Leelavathi. Ananya wants to marry Thiru to get the property.
Sargunam is a woman who given usury to her people. She is also the Vasanthi's (Thiru's mother) sister and the mother of Chezhiyan, Gopinath, and Meghala. Chezhiyan gets married to Anandhi's best friend Kanmani. Sargunam helps Anandhi to live happily. But, Kalivaradan helps Ananya to get property. Meanwhile, Thiru, Anandhi, and Vasanthi save the Leelavathi from Kalivaradan. Anandhi takes care of Leelavathi in her home without knowing the real relation.
Later, it is revealed that Anandhi is the Leelavathi's daughter and the heir of property. Then, Thiru sees the true colours of Kalivaradan and breaks all ties with his father. Meanwhile, Ananya tries to Anandhi get arrested as Anandhi killed Ananya. Because of that, Anandhi gets arrested. Soon, everyone learns that it is Ananya's plan. As a result of this, Ananya is imprisoned for five years.
5 Years Later
Anandhi and Thiru live happily with their daughter Yazhini. Ananya is still in jail. Ananya has a son named Akilan who born to Thiru illegally. Because of this, Thiru and others don't know about him. However, One Day, Yazhini, and Akilan meet in their school and become best friends without knowing that they are half-siblings. Meanwhile, Ananya getting know about Yazhini and Akilan's friendship and uses him as a weapon to join Thiru. Soon, Anandhi doubts about Akilan because he has the same reactions of Thiru. After so many incidents, it is revealed that Akilan is Ananya's son who born to Thiru artificially. Thiru gets shocked and gets Akilan's custody with Anandhi's help.
Meanwhile, Thiru's sister, Anupriya aka Anu returns to India. She has a secret boyfriend named Mithran and pregnant with his child. She hides the truth from family. However, Anu tells about Mithran to her family and both sides agreed for the marriage. But, nobody knows about Anu's child. But, sooner, Anandhi learns about Anu's pregnancy and keeps it's a secret. Meanwhile, Thiru and Anandhi plan to Ananya's marriage with a good person named Karthik. However, Anu gets married to Mithran while Ananya weds Karthik. After the marriage, Ananya brainwashes Mithran and teaches him to take the Anandhi's property. As a result of this, Mithran keeps Kathiresan as his servant.
Season 2 (Episode 648-present)
Some Of the cast will change due to covid-19.
Cast
Main
Sargunam Koothapiran's Family
- Senthilnathan as Koothapiran
- Sargunam's husband, Cheziyan, Gopinath and Megala's father
- Vetrivelan as Chezhiyan Koothapiran
- Kanmani's husband, Sargunam and Koothapiran's elder son
- Papri Ghosh as Kanmani Chezhiyan (née Sigamani)
- Anandhi's best friend, Chezhiyan's wife, Sargunam and Koothapiran's daughter in-law
- Dharshana as Meghala Maaran (née Koothapiran)
- Sargunam and Koothapiran's daughter, Maaran's wife
- Ranjith Babu as Maaran Sethu
- Meghala's husband, Counsellor Sethu's son
- Yogeshwaran as Gopinath Koothapiran aka Gopi
- Sargunam and Koothapiran's younger son, Sumathi's husband, Varsha's father
- Anusai Elakeya as Sumathi Gopinath
- Gopinath's wife, Sargunam and Koothapiran's second daughter-in-law, Varsha's mother
- Baby Aazhiya as Varsha Gopinath
- Sumathi and Gopinath's daughter, Sargunam and Koothapiran's granddaughter
Thiru's Family
- Meera Krishna as Vasanthi Kalivaradhan
- Kalivaradhan's wife, Sargunam's younger sister, Thirumurugan and Anupriya's mother, Anandi's mother-in-law
- Suresh Krishnamurthi as Kalivaradhan
- Vasanti's husband, Thirumurungan and Anupriya's father, Anandhi's father-in-law who killed her real father
- Mirudhula Shree as Yazhini Thirumurugan
- Thirumurugan and Anandi's daughter, Akilan's half-sister
- Jashik Ja as Akilan Thirumurugan
- Thirumurugan and Ananya's illegal son, Yazhini's half-brother
- Shimona James / Pradeepa Muthu as Anupriya Mithran aka Anu (née Kalivaradhan)
- Thirumugan's sister, Vasanthi and Kalivardhan's daughter, Mithran's wife
- Raghul Kanagaraj as Mithran Kumar
- Anupriya's husband who brainwashed by Ananya
Supporting
- Devi Teju as Leelavathi
- Anandhi's biological mother, Kalyani's half-sister
- Udumalai Ravi as Kathiresan
- Anandhi's adoptive father, Muthukumar's father
- Ganesh as Sigamani
- Kanmani's father
- Praveena as Sarala Sigamani
- Kanmani's mother
- Srinisha / Vishnupriya as Malarvizhi Sigamani
- Kanmani's sister
- Roshan as Muthukumar Kathiresan aka Muthu
- Anandhi's adoptive brother, Kathiresan's son
- Ashok Pandian as Minister Duraiyarasan
- Ananya's father, Kalivaradhan's best friend
- Mercy Leyal / Meerabhi as Kalyani Duraiyarasan
- Ananya's mother, Leelavathi's half-sister
- Giridhar Thirumalachary as Perumal
- Kalivardhan's personal assistant
- Sanjay Shah as Guruji
- Lingesh Shank as Karthik
- Ananya's husband
- Raja Senthil as Karthik's father
- Umarani as Karthik's mother
- Sowmiya Ravindran as Suhasini
- Cheziyan's ex-fiancée
- Devankumar as Ranjith – Anandhi's rival
Former
- Vijayalakshmi / Vidya Pradeep as Anandhi Thirumurugan (née Kathiresan) –
- Thirumurugan's wife, Kathiresan's adopted daughter, Vasanti and Kalivaradhan's daughter in-law, Leelavathi's biological daughter, Ananya's half-cousin, Yazhini's mother.
- Dhilip Rayan as Thirumurugan Kalivaradhan aka Thiru
- Anandhi's husband, Vasanti and Kalivardan's son, Yazhini and Akilan's father.
- Sushma Nair / Koli Ramya / Archana Vignesh as Ananya Duraiyarasan
- Minister Duraiyarasan and Kalyani's daughter, Anandhi's half-cousin, Akilan's mother.
Casting
Actress Vidya Pradeep was selected to portray the role of Anandhi after the exit of Vijayalakshmi.[2] Sun TV Anchor Dhilip Rayan was cast in the lead male role of Thirumurugan. They made their debuts with the series. Actress Ambika was selected to portray the role of Sarkunam, making a comeback after previously acting in the serial Sare Gama Gama Gama (2013–2014). Malayalam Actress Meera Krishnan was selected to play Vasanthi, after having appeared in director Thiruselvam Tamil serial Pokkisham (2012–2013)[3]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
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| 2019 | Sun Kudumbam Awards 2019 | Best Serial | Naayagi | NA | Won |
| 2019 | Sun Kudumbam Awards 2019 | Best Father-in-law | Senthilnathan Jambuligam | M.Koothirapan | Won |
Promotion
On 10 February 2018, the first promo of Ambika's 'Naayagi Teaser: Sarkunam' was released by Vikatan TV on YouTube.[4] On 10 February, the second lead female. On 13 and 14 February, the third (Kalivardhan) and fourth (Meera Krishnan) promos of the show were released by Vikatan TV YouTube channel and Sun TV.
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
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| 2018 | Sun Kudumbam Awards 2018 | Best Actress | Vijaylakshmi Agasthiyan | Anandhi | Nominated |
| 2019 | Sun kudumbam Awards 2019 | Best Serial | Naayagi | Won | |
| Best Actress | Vidya Pradeep | Anandhi Thirumurgan | Nominated | ||
| Best Mother | Meena Krishna | Vasanthi Kalaivardhan | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Papri Ghosh | Kanmani Chezhiyan | Won | ||
| Best Father-in-law | Senthilnathan Koothirapan | M.Koothirapan | Won | ||
| Best Director | S.Kumaran | Won | |||
| Best Villain (Male) | Suresh Krishnamoorthi | Kalaivardhan | Won | ||
| Best Villain (Female) | Sushma Nair | Ananya Duraiyasen | Nominated |
Ratings
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Year / Week | Episodes | Broadcast date | BARC ratings (Tamil Nadu & Puducherry)[5] | |
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| Nationwide (Tamil Nadu & Puducherry) | Ranking (nationwide) | |||
| Week 01 | 1–5 | 19–23 Feb 2018 | 11,070 | 3 |
| Week 02 | 6–11 | 24 Feb – 2 Mar 2018 | 9,818 | 2 |
| Week 03 | 12–17 | 3–9 Mar 2018 | 9,697 | 2 |
| Week 04 | 18–23 | 10–16 Mar 2018 | 10,426 | 2 |
| Week 05 | 24–29 | 17–23 Mar 2018 | 10,032 | 2 |
| Week 07 | 30–35 | 24–30 Mar 2018 | 9,764 | 2 |
| Week 08 | 36–41 | 31 Mar – 6 Apr 2018 | 9,258 | 2 |
| Week 09 | 42–47 | 7–13 Apr 2018 | 9,644 | 2 |
| Week 10 | 48–52 | 14–20 Apr 2018 | 9,831 | 2 |
| Week 11 | 53–58 | 21–27 Apr 2018 | 9,069 | 2 |
| Week 12 | 53–58 | 28 Apr – 4 May 2018 | 8,946 | 2 |
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| Week 26 | 142–147 | 4–10 Aug 2018 | 10,865 | 1 |
| Week 27 | 148–153 | 11–17 Aug 2018 | 11,061 | 1 |
| Week 28 | 154–159 | 18–24 Aug 2018 | 10,994 | 2 |
| Week 29 | 160–165 | 25–31 Aug 2018 | 11,070 | 1 |
| Week 30 | 166–171 | 1–7 Sep 2018 | 11,955 | 1 |
| Week 31 | 172–177 | 8–14 Sep 2018 | 10,649 | 1 |
| Week 32 | 178–183 | 15–21 Sep 2018 | 12,764 | 1 |
| Week 33 | 184–189 | 22–28 Sep 2018 | 11,671 | 1 |
| Week 34 | 190–195 | 29 Sep – 5 Oct 2018 | 11,692 | 1 |
| Week 35 | 196–201 | 6–12 Oct 2018 | 11,671 | 1 |
| Week 36 | 202–207 | 13–19 Oct 2018 | 11,211 | 1 |
| Week 37 | 208–213 | 20–26 Oct 2018 | 11,703 | 1 |
| Week 38 | 214–219 | 27 Oct – 2 Nov 2018 | 11,345 | 1 |
| Week 39 | 220–225 | 3–9 Nov 2018 | 10,794 | 1 |
| Week 40 | 226–231 | 10–16 Nov 2018 | 10,689 | 1 |
| Week 41 | 232–237 | 17–23 Nov 2018 | 11,145 | 1 |
| Week 42 | 238–243 | 24–30 Nov 2018 | 11,041 | 1 |
| Week 43 | 244–249 | 1–7 Dec 2018 | 11,277 | 1 |
| Week 45 | 300–325 | 13 Feb – 6 Mar 2019 | 11,277 | 1 |
| Week 46 | 400–410 | 11–21 Jun 2019 | 11,277 | 1 |
Remakes
| Language | Title | Network(s) | Airing history |
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| Malayalam | Oridathoru Rajakumari[6] | Surya TV | 13 May 2019 – 27 May 2020 |
| Kannada | Nayaki[7] | Udaya TV | 17 June 2019 – 9 April 2020 |
| Telugu | Bhagyarekha[8] | Gemini TV | 24 June 2019 – present |
International broadcast
The series was released on 19 February 2018 on Sun TV, and also airs on Sun TV HD. It was broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution.
- The show's episodes are released on YouTube channel Vikatan TV after original telecast.
- It airs in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, the Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa on Sun TV and Sun TV HD.
- The drama is available on the app Sun NXT.[9]
- It is also available via the internet protocol television service Lebara Play, Lyca TV and YuppTV.
- It airs on Sri Lanka Tamil channel on Shakthi TV Monday to Friday with Sinhala subtitles and PEO TV.
References
- "Nayagi completes 500 episodes; actress Vidya Pradeep thanks fans".
- "Vijayalakshmi quits from popular serial nayagi". timesofindia.com.
- "Meera Krishnan was acting Pokkisham Serial" (in Tamil). cinema.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- "Naayagi Teaser 1 Sarkunam" (in Tamil). www.youtube.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
- "TV audience measurement data collection - BARC India". www.barcindia.co.in.
- "Orudathoru Rajakumari's promo is here!". The Times of India.
- "Watch out for Nayaki, a suspense saga, which premiers on June 17 on Udaya TV". The Hindu.
- "New daily soap Bhagyarekha to premiere soon".
- "With Sun NXT, Sun TV Network steps foot in the burgeoning digital streaming space of India". thetechportal.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
External links
- Official Website (in English)