Metti Oli
| Metti Oli | |
|---|---|
| File:Metti Oli serial logo.png | |
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Written by | Story: M. Thirumurugan Screenplay: C. U. Muthuselvan Dialogues: Baskar Sakthi |
| Directed by | Thirumurugan |
| Creative director | Thirumurugan |
| Starring |
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| Theme music composer | Dhina |
| Opening theme | "Ammi Ammi Ammi Mithithu" |
| Composer | Sanjeev Rathan |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 811 |
| Production | |
| Producers | S. Siddique, Raja Kaveri, Mani |
| Cinematography | Sevilo Raja Sarath K.Chandran |
| Editor | M. Jaya Kumar |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 34-37 minutes |
| Production company | Cine Times Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sun TV |
| Release | 8 April 2002 – 14 October 2005 |
| Related | |
| Mettala Savvadi Shubh Vivah Mangalya Minnukettu Akshintalu | |
Metti Oli (transl. Sound of the toe ring) is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on weekdays on Sun TV for 811 episodes.[1] The show starred Delhi Kumar, Kaveri, Gayathri, Vanaja, Uma, Chetan, Bose Venkat, Neelima Rani, Thirumurugan, Shanti Williams and Deepa Venkat. It was produced by Cine Times Entertainment S. Siddique, written and directed by Thirumurugan.
Plot
The entire plot of Metti Oli is about the daily happenings of Chidambaram's five daughters. The father is patient and remains calm in any circumstances. He is often troubled by Rajam quoting the activities of Saroja, his second daughter.
Chidambaram is a respected land broker. He was a widower and raised his five daughters alone. Chidambaram has taken extra care in raising their girls as disciplined daughters who are very innocent and caring.
During the last episodes of the serial, Chidambaram dies in a road accident when he was walking on the road, feeling depressed. However, the serial finally ends happily, as the family reunites.
Cast
Main
- Delhi Kumar as Chidambaram, a land-broker
- Kaveri as Dhanalakshmi "Dhanam", Chidambaram's eldest daughter and Bose's niece and wife
- Gayathri Shastry as Saroja "Saro", Chidambaram's second daughter, Manikam's wife, and Natarajan's mother[2]
- Vanaja as Leelavathy "Leela", Chidambaram's third daughter and Ravi's wife
- Uma Maheshwari as Vijayalakshmi "Viji/Vijaya", Chidambaram's fourth daughter, Gopi's wife, a nurse
- Revathi Priya as Bhavani, Chidambaram's youngest daughter, a professor in Singapore
- Bose Venkat as Bose, brother of Chidambaram's wife, husband of Dhanalakshmi, once owned a soda factory, became a land-broker
- Chetan as Manikkam, Saroja's husband
- Rajkanth as Ravichandran "Ravi", Leelavathy's husband, and Sumathy's ex-husband
- M. Thirumurugan as Gopikrishnan "Gopi", Vijayalakshmi's husband, he works in a sewing company.
Recurring
- Shanti as Rajam, mother of Manikkam, Selvam and Nirmala
- Vishwa as Selvam ,Rajam second son, Manikam and Nirmala brother
- Shanmugasundari as Kamatchi (House owner patti)
- Rindhya/Aruna Devi as Nirmala, Rajam's sole daughter, Santhosh's ex-wife
- V. Thiruselvam as Gnanaraj (Santosh), ex-husband of Nirmala
- Vinay as Ramesh, son of former boss of Manikkam
- Krithika as Arundhathi, ex-wife of Selvam
- Sanjeev as Ilango
- Neelima Rani as Sakthi
- Sindhu as Sarala, Manikkam's former mistress
- Ramachandran as Ramachandran, Sarala's husband
- Auditor Sridhar as Sundaram, Saro's uncle
- V. C. Jeyamani as Ravi's father
- Deepa Venkat as Priya
- Gayathri Priya as Sumathi, Ravi's first wife
- Vietnam Veedu Sundaram as Kathiresan, Gopi's father
- Y. V. Subramaniam as Sumathi's father
- Rangathurai as Gopi elder brother-in-law
- Vijaya Raj as Gopi younger brother-in-law
- Latha Rao as Kavitha, Gopi's younger sister
- Karna as Kumar, Gopi's brother
- Sai Madhavi as Narmadha, Saro and Manikkam's neighbour, Meena's sister. Her mother runs Mess
- Deepa Shankar as Meena, Saro and Manikkam's neighbour, Narmadha's sister. Her mother runs Mess
- Varshini as Malliga, Narmadha and Meena's younger sister
- Rani as Ramya, Saro and Manickam's neighbour
- Ashok as Radha's husband
- Aranthangi Shankar as a bank manager
- B. Murali as Ramesh's friend
- Soodhu Kavvum Sivakumar as Leela's colleague
- Vikranth as Ravi's friend
Production
Filming
The series was filmed in Chennai, Gerugambakkam, Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. However, it was also shot in foreign locations such as Singapore, Malaysia and New York City.
Soundtrack
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ammi Ammi Ammi Mithithu அம்மி அம்மி அம்மி மிதித்து" | Vairamuthu | Dhina | Nithyasree Mahadevan, Master. D. Kiran | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Manase Manase மனசே மனசே" | Eknath | Sanjeev Rathan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 6:13 |
Remakes
The series has been remade into in Kannada language as Mangalya on Udaya, Malayalam language as Minnukettu on Surya, Hindi language as Shubh Vivah on Sony tv, Telugu language as Akshantalu on Gemini TV and in Bengali language as Konyadaan on Sun Bangla.[5] But the story lines change in all four language into different stories and all had a different climax. While the Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam versions were successful, Hindi version Shubh Vivah did not garner expected ratings and was pulled off air within 4 months considering its low ratings.[5][6]
| Country | Language | Channel | Show Name | Aired (Date) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 India |
Kannada language | Udaya TV | Mangalya | [7] | |
| Malayalam language | Surya TV | Minnukettu | september 16, 2004 - January 2, 2009 | It was the first serial to air about 1000+ episodes on Surya TV and in Malayalam also.(Number of episodes -1345)[7] | |
| Hindi language | Sony tv | Shubh Vivah | 27 February 2012 – 29 June 2012 | [8][9] | |
| Telugu language | Gemini TV | Akshintalu[10] | 14 April 2014 - 1 August 2014 | Besides Akshantalu, it was also dubbed in Telugu language as Mettala Savvadi aired same channel. | |
| Bengali language | Sun Bangla | Konyadaan | 7 December 2020 - Present |
Reception
Awards
The Metti Oli team won several awards, including the Kalaimamani from the Tamil Nadu State Government.[11]
Ratings
Metti Oli was one of the highest-rated Indian and Tamil soap opera in its run time which garnered ratings ranging between 23 and 26 TVR.[12] It garnered a peak rating of 48.3 points overall in its runtime.[13] The final episode garnered 40 TVR for Sun TV.[14]
In its rerun during 2020 during Covid-19 pandemic, the series became one of the most watched Tamil television program.[15][16] It garnered 4.004 and 4.934 million impressions during week 12 and 13 of 2020.[17]
Critics
Hindustan Times described Metti Oli as "highly melodramatic".[18]
International broadcast
In Sri Lanka Tamil Channel on Shakthi TV and aired Monday through Friday at 7:30PM.
In Malaysia Channel on NTV7 and aired Monday through Friday at 12PM
See also
References
- ^ "Choosy housewives and their favourite soaps". The New Indian Express.
- ^ "Sun TV Metti Oli Gayathri". The Indian Express.
- ^ "Metti Oli Song Cine Times Thirumurugan Moon TV". You Tube. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Manase Manase Exclusive Song Metti Oli Serial Moon TV". You Tube. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ a b "The southern connection". The Indian Express.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Shows that launched, bombed and scrapped in 2012". The Times of India.
- ^ a b "Far from the flashy crowd". India Today.
- ^ "Hindi television soaps on a remaking spree". Daily News and Analysis.
- ^ "10 Hindi serials that are remakes of popular regional shows". Desi Martini.
- ^ "Akshinthalu to premiere soon on Gemini". The Times of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "From Chithi to Chinna Thambi: Hit fiction shows to keep the audience entertained during lockdown period". The Times of India.
- ^ "How Maran helped Sun beat rivals". Rediff.com. 4 May 2005. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Metti Oli team has a reunion after 12 years". The Times of India.
- ^ "UTV gets aggressive". The Indian Express.
- ^ "'Metti Oli' Broadcast Again: Sun TV Announcement". The Hindu.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Return of Ramayan, Mahabharat boosts DD's viewership". Live Mint.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Chaos less "Thangam"... quietly achieved "Metti Oli"... such a welcome to the old serials?". Asianet News.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Why are soaps still pedalling backwards?". Hindustan Times.
External links
- Official Website (in English)
- Sun TV on YouTube
- Sun TV Network (in English)
- Sun Group (in English)