Mann Vasanai (TV Series)
| Mann Vasanai | |
|---|---|
 A promotional logo image of Mann Vasanai | |
| Genre | Drama Romance |
| Created by | Purnendu Shekhar |
| Written by | Purnendu Shekhar Gajra Kottary Rajesh Dubey Usha Dixit Raghuvir Shekhawat |
| Directed by | Sidharth Sengupta Pradeep Yadav |
| Starring | See Below |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 02 |
| No. of episodes | 1135 as 02 January 2016 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Zakir Shaikh Sachin Chavan Fuzel Khan |
| Producers | Sunjoy Waddhwa Comal Sunjoy W. |
| Production locations | Jaitsar Mumbai |
| Cinematography | Sanjay K. Memane Anil Katke |
| Editors | Santosh Singh Janak Chauhan |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Approx. 23 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Raj TV International: Raj TV US TET |
| Release | 7 May 2012 – Present |
| Related | |
| Balika Vadhu | |
Mann Vasanai[1] (English: Land of Tradition, Taste of Culture) is a Tamil serial and a soap opera that premiered on 7 May 2012 and airs Monday through Saturaday at 7:30pm on Raj TV. This show portrays various issues related with child marriage and also social evils that are still practiced in India.
Plot summary
Mann Vasanai traces the life journey of Anandi and Jagdish, married in childhood. When they grow up, Jagdish went to Mumbai for his studies. There he falls in love with a girl named Gauri. He marries her against his family. after his and Anandi's divorce against his family's wishes and later moves out of that household, leaving Anandi alone. Anandi, on the other hand stands on her own feet and becomes independent. She meets collector Shivraj Shekhar whom she later marries. After Jagdish realizes his mistake, he divorces Gauri and returns to his family only to receive the shock of Anandi's marriage. He meets an illiterate girl named Ganga who also had been a victim of child marriage and being tortured by her husband. Jagadish supports Ganga so she can fulfill her dreams of becoming a nurse. Shreya loves Jagdish and wants to marry him. All family members accept their marriage. But suddenly, Jagadish marries Ganga after realising his love on her.
Cast
- Main cast
| Actor/Actress | Role | Episode Appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Pratyusha Banerjee | Anandi Jagdish Singh/Anandi Shivraj Shekhar | 516–present |
| Siddharth Shukla | Shivraj Anoop Shekhar | 1000–present |
| Shashank Vyas | Jagdish Bhairon Singh | 516–present |
- Additional Cast
| Actor/Actress | Role | Episode Appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Surekha Sikri | Kalyani Devi | 1–present |
| Anup Soni | Bhairon Dharamveer Singh | 1–present |
| Smita Bansal | Sumitra Bhairon Singh | 1–present |
| Satyajit Sharma | Basant Mahaveer Singh | 1–present |
| Sheetal Khandal | Gehna Basant Singh | 922-present |
| Chetanya Adib | Khajaan Singh | 1–present |
| Sanjay Basak | Nandikishor Basant Singh | --- |
| Sudhir Pandey | Premkishor Shekhar | 1061–present |
| Jaineeraj Rajpurohit | Alok Premkishor Shekhar | 1063–present |
| Sonal Jha | Iravati Alok Shekhar | 1061–present |
| Anita Kulkarni | Meenakshi Anoop Shekhar | 1061–present |
| Roop Durgapal | Sanchi Vivek Kabra | 1073–present |
| Vimarsh Roshan | Vivek Kabra | 1073–present |
| Sachin Shroff | Shyam Madan Singh | 516-present |
| Janvi Chheda | Sugna Shyam Singh | 516-present |
| Rudra Soni Manav | Varun Shyam Singh | 523-present |
| Amar Sharma | Madan Singh | 154-present |
| Asmita Sharma | Radha Madan Singh | 403-present |
| Mamta Chaturya | Phooli Bharat Singh | 518-present |
| Semal Bhatt | Dr Lal Singh | 590-present |
| Neha Gossain | Asha Abhishek Singh | 859-present |
| Jha Nidhi | Gulli | 802-present |
| Sanjay Batra | Het Singh | 759-present |
| Reena Aggarwal | Ashima | 1012–present |
- Former cast
| Actor/Actress | Role | Episode Appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Avika Gor | Anandi Jagdish Singh | 1-516 |
| Avinash Mukherjee | Jagdish Bhairon Singh | 1-516 |
| Neha Marda | Gehna Basant Singh | 48-921 |
| Bhairavi Raichura | Bhagwati Khajaan Singh | 1-1054 |
| Anjum Farooki | Gauri Jagdish Singh | 594–1071 |
| Farida Jalal | Grand ma/Kalyani Devi's Sister | 890–920 |
| Vibha Anand | Sugna Shyam Singh | 1-515 |
| Vikrant Massey | Shyam Madan Singh | 350-515 |
| Rishi Sonecha | Nandikishor Basant Singh | --- |
| Shivansh Kotia | Varun Shyam Singh | --- |
| Rajendra Gupta | Mahaveer Singh | 863–912 |
| Jehangir Vakil | Pratap | 5–305 |
| Sadiya Siddiqui | Sandhya | 1-850 |
| Sakshi Tanwar | Teepri | 462-564 |
International broadcast
It airs in 
Canada Tamil Channel on TET.[2]
It also airs in 
Sri Lanka Tamil Channel on Nethra TV.[3] It airs Monday through Friday reruns the next day .
Dubbed Version
The series is originally airs on Colors TV as Balika Vadhu. The series is dubbed in Tamil as Mann Vasanai on Raj TV, Chinnari Pellikuthuru in Telugu language on Maa TV, Balika Vadhu in Malayalam language on Surya TV and it is also remade as Puttagowri Maduve in Kannada language on Colors Kannada.
Awards
| Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th Indian Telly Awards | Best Child Artist(Female) | Avika Gor | Anandi Jagdish Singh | Won |
| Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female) | Smita Bansal | Sumitra Bhairon Singh | ||
| Best Actor In A Negative Role(Female) | Surekha Sikri | Kalyani Devi | ||
| Best Fresh New Face(Female) | Avika Gor | Anandi Jagdish Singh | ||
| Best Programme With A Social Message | Mann Vasanai | Team | ||
| 9th Indian Telly Awards | Best Music Director | Lalit Sen | Crew | |
| Popular Child Artist(Male) | Avinash Mukherjee | Jagdish Bhairon Singh | ||
| Popular Child Artist(Female) | Avika Gor | Anandi Jagdish Singh | ||
| Popular Supporting Actor(Male) | Anup Soni | Bhairon Dharamveer Singh | ||
| Popular Daily Serial | Mann Vasanai | Team | ||
| 10th Indian Telly Awards[4] | Best Actor In A Supporting Role(Male) Jury | Anup Soni & Satyajit Sharma | Bhairon Dharamveer Singh & Basant Mahaveer Singh | |
| Best Actor(Female) Jury | Avika Gor | Anandi Jagdish Singh | ||
| Best Music Director | Lalit Sen | Crew | ||
| 11th Indian Telly Awards | Best Actress In A Supporting Role(Jury) | Surekha Sikri | Kalyani Devi | |
| Best Actor In A Supporting Role | Anup Soni | Bhairon Dharamveer Singh | ||
| Most Popular Drama Series | Mann Vasanai | Team | ||
| Best Actress In A Supporting Role(Popular) | Anjum Farooki | Gauri Jagdish Singh | ||
| Best Actress In A Lead Role(Popular) | Pratyusha Banerjee | Anandi Jagdish Singh | Won | |
| Best Television Personality | Pratyusha Banerjee | Anandi Jagdish Singh | ||
| Best Onscreen Couple | Shashank Vyas & Pratyusha Banerjee | Jagdish & Anandi Singh | ||
| Most Popular Continuing TV Programme | Mann Vasanai | Team | ||
| Most Popular Daily Serial | Mann Vasanai | Team | ||
| Most Popular Programme With Social Message | Mann Vasanai | Team | ||
| Most Popular Ensemble | Mann Vasanai | Team |
References
- ^ http://www.bollywoodlife.com/movies/balika-vadhu/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isBAeYIKjTM
- ^ http://www.nethratv.lk/index.php/eye-nethra-schedule
- ^ "The Tenth Indian Telly Awards". Tellyawards.indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 2014-03-05.