Seetha Kalyanam (TV series)
| Seetha Kalyanam | |
|---|---|
 Seetha Kalyanam | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Nap Creations |
| Based on | Lakshmi Kalyanam |
| Written by | Sangeetha Mohan |
| Directed by | Sunil Karyattukara / Manu V Nair |
| Starring | see below |
| Theme music composer | Music : Sijo John Lyrics : B.K. Harinarayanan Singer :Ananya |
| Opening theme | "ഓമൽ കുരുന്നുകൾ" Omal Kurunnukal by Ananya |
| Ending theme | "സീതാ കല്യാണാ വൈഭോഗമേ" "Seethakalyana Vaibhogame" |
| Composers | Background Score : Gokul Sreekandhan, Rajeev Attukal |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Malayalam |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 631 |
| Production | |
| Producer | NAAP Communications |
| Cinematography | Anpu Mani |
| Editors | Harimukham Libin George Akhil V Kumar |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Asianet |
| Release | 10 September 2018 – present |
| Related | |
| Lakshmi Kalyanam | |
Seetha Kalyanam, is an Indian Malayalam-language television soap opera drama. The show premiered on Asianet channel and streaming on Disney+Hotstar from10 September 2018. Malayalam film actress Dhanya Mary Varghese plays the titular role in the show.[1]
The show is the official remake of Telugu soap opera Lakshmi Kalyanam which aired on Star Maa.[2] It replaced Parasparam, the longest running serial in Malayalam, which completed 1524 Episodes.
Plot
Seetha and Swathi are sisters from a poor household supported by their mother. Their mother dies and leaves Swathi in Seetha's care. Seetha works to fund Swathi's education, remaining illiterate herself.
Years later
A grown-up Seetha and Swathi meet Rajeshwari Devi, a bad-tempered and arrogant woman who hates poor people. Seetha gets into a fight with Rajeshwari and later apologises to her driver. A humiliated Rajeshwari vows to take revenge from the sisters. The driver, who is in fact Rajeshwari's elder son Kalyan, falls in love with Seetha. Swathi tries to commit suicide but is stopped by Seetha who is shocked to find out that Swathi is pregnant with her ex-boyfriend's child. Her ex-boyfriend is revealed to be Ajay, Rajeshwari devi's younger son.
Seetha helps Ajay and Swathi reunite. Rajeshwari is forced to accept them after Ajay tries to commit suicide. It is then revealed that Rajeshwari is in fact Kalyan's maternal aunt and step-mother. She finds a will bequeathing the entire property to Kalyan and plots to marry him to a sterile woman so he can never have children who can inherit.
Seetha and Kalyan fall in love, thinking him to be a driver. Rajeshwari demands Seetha marry her older son Kalyan and sign an agreement that she will never bear children and only then will she agree to Swathi and Ajay's marriage. Seetha agrees and breaks up with Kalyan. Swathi tries to stop Seetha but fails. On the wedding day, Kalyan and Seetha discover they are marrying each other and are shocked.
Seetha tries to win Kalyan's heart but all in vain. She starts working with the kalaakaars at the textile factory and wins them over helping them get their jobs back from Rajeshwari, thus impressing Kalyan. She then helps Kalyan track down his biological mother Gayatri who had been accused of murder and is hated by Kalyan's father Jayant because of misunderstandings created by Rajeshwari. This brings them closer and he accepts that she must have had a reason for rejecting him.
Cast
Lead Cast
- Dhanya Mary Varghese as Seetha
- Sister of Sravani and Swathi, Wife of Kalyan
- Reneesha Rehman as Swathy
- Younger sister of Seetha and Wife of Ajay
- Roopa Sree as Rajeshwari Devi a.k.a Radhika Devi
- Mother of Ajay and Stepmother of Kalyan
- Anoop Krishnan as Kalyan
- Stepson of Rajeshwari Devi and Biological son of Ambikadevi and Venu, Husband of Seetha
- Jithu Venugopal as Ajay
- Son of Rajeshwari Devi and Venu, Husband of Swathy
- Sona Nair as Ambikadevi aka Saradananda Swamikal
- Ex-wife of Venu, Elder sister of Rajeshwari Devi and Mother of Kalyan
- Rahul Mohan as Jeyadevan
- Husband of Radhikadevi, Father of Ashwathy and Elder brother of Hariprasad IPS
- Anand Thrissur as Venu
- Husband of Rajeshwari Devi, Ex-husband of Ambika Devi and Father of Kalyan and Ajay
Recurring Cast
- J Padmanabhan Thampi as Moorthy
- Amboori Jayan as Mahendran
- Archana Suseelan as Sravani / Saigal / Sangeetha
- Elder step-sister of Seetha and Swathi (born from Seetha's father's first marriage)
- Souparnika Subhash as Ashwathy/ Radhikadevi(dual role)
- Daughter of Radhikadevi and Jayan / Young Radhikadevi
- Adithyan Jayan as S.P Hariprasad IPS
- Bharath Pillai as Young Jeyadevan
- Manu Varma as Jeyadevan & Hariprasad's father
- Haridas as Hrishikesh
- Disciple of Saradananda Swamikal and spoilt brat who aims to take over swami's wealth
- ____ as Sudha
- Younger sister of Jeyadevan and love interest of Hariprasad
- Hareendran as Hari
- Rajmohan as Hareendra Varma
- Anoop Sivasenan as Abhiram
- Sini Varghese as Nayana/Shreya
- Subbalakshmi as Sravani's grandmother
- Asha Nair as Nimmy
- Pala Aravindan as Mashammavan
- Sheeji Master as D2A2
- Sreekutty as Pramila
- Raima Rai as Nurse, Mashammavan's daughter
- Surya Mohan as Sandra
- Aparna Nair as CI Nirmala
- ____ as Dr. Reshma
Guest Appearance
- Leena Nair as Seetha-Swathi's mother (Episode 1)
- Eva as Young Seetha (Episode 1)
- Baby Athmika as Young Swathy (Episode 1)
- Della George as herself (Episode 11)
- Pratheeksha G Pradeep as herself (Episode 11)
- Haritha G Nair as herself (Episode 11)
- Vindhuja Vikraman as host (Episode 11)
- Rohini M Jayachandran as Anchor (Episode 33)
- Mareena Michael Kurisingal as Marina in Maha episode (Episode 362)
Awards and Reception
12th Asianet Television Awards 2019
- Best Star Pair –Anoop krishnan and Dhanya mary varghese
- Performer In a Negative Role -Roopasree
This is the third serial among the 5 top rated serials in Malayalam television with 4.46 million impressions (Week 05, 2019) following Vanambadi and Neelakkuyil, according to BARC India.[3] The TRPs of weeks in month January 2019 is shown below.
January 2019
| Date | Episode | Rank | TRP Rating (Impressions) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar – 5 Apr | 157 – 162 | 2 | 4.20 M |
| 26 Jan – 1 Feb | 109 – 113 | 3 | 4.46 M |
| 19 Jan – 25 Jan | 104 – 108 | 3 | 4.24 M |
| 12 Jan – 18 Jan | 98 – 103 | 3 | 4.67 M |
| 5 Jan – 11 Jan | 93 – 97 | 3 | 5.00 M |
| 29 Dec – 4 Jan | 88 – 92 | 3 | 4.59 M |
Versions in other languages
| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telugu (Original version) | Lakshmi Kalyanam లక్ష్మీ కళ్యాణం |
7 November 2016 – 10 October 2020 | Star Maa | 1388 |
| Tamil | Lakshmi Kalyanam லட்சுமி கல்யாணம் |
7 February 2017 – 23 June 2017 | Star Vijay | 98 |
| Kannada | Sindhoora ಸಿಂಧೂರ |
20 March 2017 – 23 April 2020 | Star Suvarna | 918 |
| Bengali | Mayar Badhon মায়ার বাঁধন |
29 May 2017 – 17 June 2018 | Star Jalsha | 384 |
| Hindi | Jiji Maa जीजी माँ |
9 October 2017 – 18 February 2019 | Star Bharat | 461 |
| Malayalam | Seetha kalyanam സീതാകല്യാണം |
10 September 2018 – present | Asianet | Ongoing |
References
- ^ "Dhanya Mary Varghese makes her come back through Seetha Kalyanam". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- ^ "Seetha Kalyanam Serial on Asianet launching on 10th September 2018". vinodadarshan.com.
- ^ "BARC India".