Saravanan Meenatchi
| Saravanan Meenatchi சரவணன் மீனாட்சி | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Tamil soap opera Romance Family Drama |
| Written by | Francis Kathiravan |
| Directed by | Praveen Bennett |
| Starring |
Season 1 Mirchi Senthil Sreeja Chandran Season 2 Kavin Rachitha Mahalakshmi Season 3 Rio Raj Rachitha Mahalakshmi |
| Country of origin | Tamil Nadu |
| Original language(s) | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 1319 (as of November 30, 2016) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
R. Venkatesh Babu Syed Anwar Ahmed |
| Location(s) | Tamil Nadu |
| Cinematography | R Saravanan |
| Running time | approx. 20-22 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) |
Global Villagers Evergreen Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | STAR Vijay |
| Picture format |
576i (SD) 1080i (HD) |
| Original release | 7 November 2011 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Saravanan Meenatchi is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that airs on STAR Vijay. The show premiered on 7 November 2011. It airs Monday to Saturday evenings at 8.30PM IST.[1] The serial is directed by Azhagar, and the story, screenplay and dialogues are by Francis Kathiravan. The series completed its 1000th episode on 18 September 2015. The show was remade in Telugu as "Raja Rani", which aired on MAA TV.
Plot summary
The story revolves around Saravanan and Meenatchi — who are poles apart in terms of personality, background, attitudes towards life, etc. Saravanan is a Chennai-based Radio Jockey from an affluent family. Meenatchi is a small-town girl from Thirunelveli, working as a teacher in a small school. The story begins as the two families meet for a marriage proposal between the two, but things go wrong and the wedding does not happen. However, Saravanan and Meenatchi find themselves falling in love with each other.
The season 2 begins with Shakthi Saravanan son of Saravanan and Meenatchi comes to India from Canada to find a bride like his Mom. He comes to the Village Kallidaikurichi in Tirunelveli where his maternal uncle Tamizh and family live. Shakthi Saravanan disguises himself and lives in Tamizh's house where he meets Tamizh's daughter Thanga Meenatchi and falls for her. After all oppositions from Tamizh ultimately she too falls for Shakthi Saravanan. However Tamizh`s nephew Saravana Perumal also heartly loves Thanga Meenatchi. But Tamizh disagrees with Thanga Meenatchi and Sakthi Saravanan's love. He decide to marry his daughter Thanga Meenatchi to his another sister Sudha's son Saravana Perumal aka Vettaiyan. Shakthi Saravanan promises to save her from the wedding, Vettaiyan promises not to marry her if Saravanan comes but he doesn't turn up and the story continues.
On July 18, 2016 Season 3 premiered.
Cast
The lead pair in season 1 it was Mirchi Senthil and Sreeja Chandran.[2] The name of the serial is derived from the names of the characters of the serial 'Madurai' starring the same lead pair.[3] The serial is directed by Azhagar, and the story, screenplay and dialogues are by Francis Kathiravan. The series completed its 1000th episode on 18 September 2015.
The program was awarded 'Best Serial', 'Best Male Actor', 'Best Female Actor', 'Best Director' and 'Best Character Actor' at the 43rd annual awards function organized by Mylapore Academy.[4]
Season two was also awarded 'Best Male Actor' to Kavin Raj 'Best Female Actor' to Rachitha 'Best Comedian' to Nandhini 'Best Director' to praveen Bennett' and 'Best Serial' at Vijay Television Awards 2015.
Season 1
Main cast
- Mirchi Senthil as Saravanan
- Sreeja Chandran as Meenatchi
- Stalin as Thamizhselvan
- Ramya Shankar as Soundarya
Recurring cast
- Rajasekar as Rajasekar
- Kuyili as Sharadha
- Y. V. Subramaniam as Vaidhyanathan
- S. N. Lakshmi as Meenatchi's Grandmother
- Margaret Divya as Yamini
- Suchitra / Shwetha as Sudha
- Susan George as Malliga
- Sangeetha as Amudha
- Rajkumar as Subramani
- Kavinraj as Murugan
- Manoj Kumar as Arjun
- Shamili as Ramya
- Mirchi Shah as Shah
- Syed Anwar Ahmed as Aravind
Season 2
Main cast
- Kavin Raj as Saravana Perumal aka Vettaiyan
- Rachitha Mahalakshmi as Thanga Meenatchi Saravana Perumal
Recurring cast
- Karthik as pandi
- Irfan / Prem as Shakthi Saravanan
- Kuyili as Sharadha
- Rajasekar as Rajasekar
- Siddharth as Vaitheeswaran (Meenatchi`s brother)
- Nandini as Revathi aka Mynaa (Meenatchi`s best friend)
- Alagesh as Thamizh (Meenatchi`s dad, Vettaiyan`s maternal uncle)
- Deepa Nethran as Sudha (Vettaiyan`s mother, Thamizh`s younger sister)
- Lakshmi/ Sri Latha as Soundharya (Meenatchi`s mother, daughter of Rajasekar and Sharadha)
- Kumara Moorthi as Douglas (Vettaiyan`s best friend)
- Divya/Pavithra as Tulasi Vaitheeswaran/ Tulasi Anbarasu (Vaitheeswaran`s wife)
- V J Chitra as Kalayarasi (Vettaiyan`s friend)
- Franklin as Azhagesan, Broker called as Bro
- Raghavan as Arunachalam
- Priya as Priya
- Inba as Inba
- Shyam as Gautham
Season 3
- Rio Raj as Saravanan
- Rachitha Mahalakshmi as Meenatchi
Character Artist
- Nandhini as Madonna, TV anchor, Meenatchi's friend
- Rajasekar as Rajasekar, Saravanan's grandfather
- Suchithra as Jyothi, Meenatchi's younger sister
- Lakshmi as Lakshmi, Meenatchi's mother
- G Gnanasambandan as Marudupandi, Meenatchi's father
- Raghul as Meenatchi's younger brother
- Senthikumari as Deivanai, Saravanan's mother
- Saimantha as Sathyavathi "Sathya", Saravanan's elder sister
- Pavithra as Raji, Saravanan's younger sister
- Sankarapandi as Saravanan's elder brother
- Veluchamy as Saravanan's father
- Kumara Moorthi as Kuruvilla, Saravanan's friend
- Franklin as Gnanamani, Saravanan's friend
- Gayathri Yuvraj as Muthazhagu, Saravanan's cousin
- Anbarasan as Meenatchi's uncle
References
- ↑ "Celebrating a reel wedding...". The Hindu. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "Saravanan Meenatchi: Wedding special". The Hindu. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "A gifted multi-tasker!". The New Indian Express. 14 September 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "Mylapore academy honours veterans". The New Indian Express. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.