Thendral
| Thendral | |
|---|---|
 Logo of Thendral | |
| Genre | |
| Written by | Story: Vikatan Story Team Screenplay: Guru. Sampathkumar C. U. Muthuselvan Dialogues: Guru. Sampathkumar Ezhilvaradhan |
| Directed by | S. Kumaran |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Kiran |
| Opening theme | "Poradave" with vocals by Karthik and lyrics by Yugabharathi |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 1,340 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Vikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd |
| Production location | Chennai |
| Cinematography | S. T. Martz |
| Editors | Sasi K. Basanth G. V. Rajan B. Chandru S. Neilston Palanisamy |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Approx. 20 minutes |
| Production company | Vikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sun TV |
| Release | 7 December 2009 – 17 January 2015 |
Thendral is a 2009-2015 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired Monday through Friday on Sun TV. It replaces Kolangal and was broadcast from 7 December 2009 to 17 January 2015 for 1340 episodes. The show started re-airing from 10 December 2018 through Monday-Saturday in Vikatan's YouTube channel.
The show stars Shruthi Raj, Deepak Dinkar and Hemalatha in the lead roles and revolves around a girl's struggle in a middle-class family, focusing on the importance of women's education. It was produced by Vikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd and directed by S. Kumaran.[1] The Indian newspaper Business Standard describes it as the "first youthful prime time daily soap in Tamil".[2][3] Thendral was amongst the first Tamil Serials to go viral on the internet.[4][failed verification] Thendral has been highly acclaimed and has won many awards.[5][6][7]
Plot summary
The story of this serial revolves around the main character Thulasi (Shruthi Raj) and her best friends, Deepa and Kalyani. Thulasi's mom ran away when she was a child and ever since Thulasi's family has shunned her, especially her father and stepmother. The only family member that genuinely cares for Thulasi is her grandmother (S. N. Lakshmi). Thulasi's only dream is to continue her studies to help her family, and she gets the highest marks on her 12th board exams. The story is about how Thulasi overcomes all the struggles in her life and completes her studies.
Thulasi's father Manikam (Subhalekha Sudhakar) dreams about seeing his son become an engineer, yet his dreams are put on hold due to the lack of money. Knowing this, a break-inspector and a thug in the 40s, Velaayudam (Nizhalgal Ravi) approaches them to help Manikam's dream come true, under one condition; that is if he agrees to get Thulasi married to him. A greedy Manickam coaxes Thulasi that the only way she can wipe away the sin committed by her mother, who had fled away with another man, is by marrying Velayudham. Stung by guilt, Thulasi agrees to marry Velayudham despite their age difference. Velayudham, in return, offers Manickam a massive amount of cash. But fate has other plans, and so by mistake, the photos of Thulasi and that of another girl Lavanya (Neelima Rani) mixes up in the photo studio and ends up in the hands of the hero – Tamilzharasu (Deepak Dinkar). Lavanya happens to be the sister of Tamizharasu. On seeing Thulasi's photo, she conveys that she would like to have a sister-in-law as beautiful as Thulasi. Attracted by Thulasi's beauty and frequent taunts by Lavanya, Tamizharasu falls in love with Thulasi. Thulasi refuses to accept Tamizharasu's love and publicly insults him at his bank. Meanwhile, Tamizharasu's mother wants him to marry a rich and voluptuous girl of her choice so that she can be the controller of her second daughter-in-law. Her relationship with the eldest-daughter-in-law Sudha (Bhavya Kala) is not in good terms, and so she wants Tamizharasu to marry a rich girl who is ready to be within the line drawn by her. She selects Charulatha (Srividya) the adopted daughter of a wealthy businessman, as the prospective bride. Tamizharasu is deeply saddened by Thulasi's refusal and so he accepts the engagement between him and Charu. However, through a string of events, Thulasi falls for Tamizh when he stops her marriage with Velayudham and joins her in an Engineering college paying the fees for her. Nevertheless, the friendship between Charu and Tamizh is arranged; Charu surrenders herself to Tamizh and sees him as her husband already, but Tamizh only loves Thulasi.
A sudden turn of events sees Tamizh marrying Thulasi at a temple without the consent of his family. The turn of events shatters Charu, and slowly she turns into a psychopath after directly witnessing the marriage between Tamizh and Thulasi. She develops a deadly vengeance towards Thulasi as she assumes that it was Thulasi who grabbed Tamizharasu from her. Charu and her would-be-Mother-in-law conspire to separate Tamizharasu and Thulasi. Thulasi catches the plot and explains Charu's mentality to Tamizharasu. But Charu cleverly outwits Thulasi, Tamizh thinks that Thulasi has no trust in him and their relationship turns sour. Tamizh is ready to divorce her, but Thulasi begs Tamizh for the last chance to prove Charu's dirty thoughts and succeeds in exposing her actual colour. Tamizharasu starts hating Charu. In disappointment and vengeance, Charu tries to commit suicide. Her track in the story is concluded by showing her as a person who had lost all her memory and is incapable of attending even to her own needs.
Then the story of Thulasi's mother comes up. Bhuvana (Sudha Chandran) is shown as a ruthless woman who would do anything to be in power and earn wealth. Though she had fled from her first husband Manickam, she stays devoted to her second husband, Laxmanan, who happens to be a doctor by profession and runs a hospital. They have a son named Prabhakar (Adams of sunTV fame). Laxmanan lives with Bhuvana and is estranged from his first wife Sundari (Yuvarani) and her son Akil. Circumstances reveal that Bhuvana is Thulasi's mother and Thulasi conspires with Sundari to teach a lesson to Bhuvana and make her realise her mistake. Unfortunately, Manickam mistakes Thulasi of siding with Bhuvana and tries to commit suicide. He was saved, but he continues to hate Thulasi. Thulasi tries to explain her stance to him, which goes in vain. Meanwhile, Laxmanan overwhelmed by the sufferings of his first wife Sundari and hurt by the audacity of Bhuvana, throws Bhuvana out of their house and starts living with Sundari. Bhuvana is a rage plan and burns Laxmanan's hospital and ends up in prison along with Laxmanan thus stopping Laxmanan-Sundari's sixtieth birthday celebrations. To save his prestige and status, Laxmanan gets his second son Prabhakar to marry Deepa (Hemalatha) – the friend of Thulasi. Deepa's father (Rajasekhar) – a taxi driver by profession was helped both financially and medically by Laxmanan, so he yields for Laxmanan's wish. Upset by the treacherous behaviour of his second wife and poor health, Laxmanan dies owing to a heart attack.
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Cast
Main cast
- Shruthi Raj as Thulasi Thamizharasu (Kuttymma) (Female lead & Thamizh's wife)
- Deepak Dinkar as Thamizharasu aka Thamizh (Kuttyppa) (Male lead & Thulasi's husband)[8]
- Hemalatha as Deepa Prabhakar [9]
- Suzane George/ Kavyavarshini as Kalyani Mohan
Recurring cast
- Adams as Prabhakar Laxman
- Ayyappan as Mohan Muthumanikkam
- Subhalekha Sudhakar as Muthumanikkam [10]
- Sadhana as Padma Muthumanikkam
- Sujatha Panju as Indira
- Rajasekhar as Varatharajan
- Sujitha "Suji"/Sathya Sai as Pavithra Muthumaikkam
- S. N. Lakshmi as Thulasi's grandmother
- Antony Raj as Puviarasu "Puvi"
- Lakshmi/Bhavya Kala as Sudha Pooviarasu
- Hema Rajkumar as Hema
- Egavalli as Amirtha Varadharajan, Deepa's first younger sister
- Kiran Mai as Banu Varadharajan, Deepa's second younger sister
- Swetha as Revathy Saravana Kumar, Kalyani's first younger sister
- Preethi Menon Dayana as Malathy, Kalyani's second younger sister
- Yuvarani Ravindra as Thirupura Sundhari Laxman
- Premi as Kalyani's mother
- Aishwarya / Sudha Chandran as Bhuvana Laxman [11]
- Shanthi Williams/ K. S. Jayalakshmi as Tamizh's mother
- A. C. Murali Mohan as Laxman
- Srividya as Charulatha Veera Raghavan
- Neelima Rani (Neelima Esai)/ Shalu Kurian/ Bhagyalakshmi as Lavanya Nithish
- Shyam Sundar as Nithish Giriprakash
- Giridhar Thirumalachary as Giriprakash
- Viji Kannan as Nithish's mother
- Madhu Mohan as Veera Raghavan
- Mohana Priya as Gayathri
- Aarthi (Devi Krupa) as Shyamala (Bujjimma)
- Shyaam as Anand (Bujjippa)
- Raja as Kanagasabai "Kanagu"
- Sundar as Joseph
- Akhila as Roja Kanagasabai
- Gayathri as Nila
- Veena Nair as Maya
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Velayudham
- Shamily Sukumar as Suchi
- Iswarya Menon as Shruthi
- Swaminathan as Venkatachalam
- K. R. Vatsala as Thilaga
- Kovai Anuradha as Anand's father
- Mumtaz Pakoda Kader as Anand's mother
- Vijay Anand as Gautham
- C. N. Ravi Shankar as Kalyani's fiancé
- Ilavarasan/Bhanuprakash as Vishwa
- Suhasini/Shobana as Shyamala's sister
- Sakthivel as Venkatraj
- Chithra as Shyamala's sister-in-law
- Thalapathy Dinesh as Shyamala's brother
- Suruli Manohar as Sivagadacham
- Udumalai Ravi as Velayudham's assistant
- Baby Kavitha as Pooja
- Shereen Taha as Sakshi
- Sri Latha as Seetha, Sakshi's mother
- R. Raveendran "R. Ravi" (Jeeva Ravi) as Sakshi's father
- Vishwam as Minister
- Vinod as Sathyamoorthy "Sathya"
- Mullai as Namachivayam "Namachi"/Gowri's husband
- Nilani as Gowri
- Ashwanth Thilak as Avinash
- Sharmila Thapa as Tejeswari "Teju" (Kanaga)
- Robo Chandru as Azhagam Perumal
- Rajendranath (Meesai Rajendran) as Dharman
- Baboos as Sub Inspector
- Revathi as Nila's grandmother
- Andrew Jesudoss as Venkatesh
- Rajkumar as Ganesha Pandian "G. P."
- Annadurai Kannadasan as Assistant Commissioner
- Jhayasundari as Assistant Commissioner's wife
- Gokul as Assistant Commissioner's son
- Mithun Raj as Vetri
- Vishwa as Charulatha's suitor
- Gemini as Counselor
- David Solomon Raja as Inspector
- Babu Bilal "Bobby" as Shyam
- Prasad as Keshav Prasad "Keshav"
- Aravish as Adhi
- Krishna "Krish" as Guru
Soundtrack
Title song
It was written by lyricist Yugabharathi, composed by the music director Kiran. It was sung by Karthik.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Poradave போராடவே" | Yugabharathi | Karthik | 4:04 |
| 2. | "Kotti Chellum கொட்டி செல்லும்" | Yugabharathi | 2:00 | |
| 3. | "Vazhkai Koduthavane வாழ்க்கை கொடுத்தவன்" | Yugabharathi | 1:04 | |
| 4. | "Naan Ange நான் அங்கே" | Yugabharathi | 1:03 | |
| 5. | "Poongatre பூங்காற்றே" | Yugabharathi | 1:25 | |
| 6. | "Ganakkum Idhayathile கணக்கும் இதயத்திலே" | Yugabharathi | 1:36 | |
| 7. | "Malligai Pandhal மல்லிகை பந்தல்" | Yugabharathi | 12:12 |
Awards & Honours
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Vikatan Awards | Best Mega Serial | Thendral | Won |
| Tamil Nadu State Television Awards | Best Television Serial | Thendral | Won | |
| Best Actor | Deepak Dinkar | Won | ||
| Best Actress | Shruthi Raj | Won | ||
| Best Villain Male | Nizhalgal Ravi | Won | ||
| Best Editing | B. Chandru | Won | ||
| 2011 | Mylapore Academy Awards[12][13][14][15] | Best Production House | Vikatan Televistas | Won |
| Best Actor | Deepak Dinkar | Won | ||
| Best Actress Award | Shruthi Raj | Won | ||
| Best Character Actor | Subhalekha Sudhakar | Won | ||
| Best Actor in a Negative Role | Nizhalgal Ravi | Won | ||
| Best Actress in a Negative Role | Shanti Williams | Won | ||
| Best Music Director | Kiran | Won | ||
| Tamil Nadu State Television Awards | Best Villain Female | Srividya | Won | |
| Best Dialogue writer | Ezhilvaradhan | Won | ||
| 2012 | Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal[16] | Sun Kudumbam Best Jodi Award | Deepak Dinkar & Shruthi Raj | Won |
| Sun Kudumbam Best Director Award | S. Kumaran | Won | ||
| Sun Kudumbam Best Serial Award | Thendral | Nominated | ||
| Sun Kudumbam Best Actor Award | Deepak Dinkar | Nominated | ||
| Sun Kudumbam Best Actress Award | Shruthi Raj | Nominated | ||
| Sun Kudumbam Best Comedian Award Male | Shyaam | Nominated | ||
| Sun Kudumbam Best Supporting Actress Award | Hemalatha | Nominated | ||
| Sun Kudumbam Best Screenwriter Award | C. U. Muthuselvan | Nominated | ||
| Tamil Nadu State Television Awards | Best Villain Female | Sadhana | Won | |
| 2014 | Mylapore Academy Awards | Best Serial | Thendral | Won |
| Sun Kudumbam Viruthugal | Sun Kudumbam Best Actor Award | Deepak Dinkar | Won | |
| Sun Kudumbam Devathaigal Award | Shruthi Raj | Won | ||
| Sun Kudumbam Best Jodi Award | Deepak Dinkar & Shruthi Raj | Won | ||
| Sun Kudumbam Best Dialogue Writer Award | Ezhilvaradhan | Won | ||
| Sun Kudumbam Best Actress Award | Shruthi Raj | Nominated | ||
| Sun Kudumbam Best Supporting Actress Award | Hemalatha | Nominated |
Remake
The series has been remade into in Telugu language as Sravani Subramanyam broadcast on Gemini TV, Malayalam language as Illam Thennal Pole broadcast on Surya TV and Kannada language as Thangaali broadcast on Udaya TV.
| Country | Language | Channel | Show Name | Aired (Date) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 India |
Malayalam language | Surya TV | Illam Thennal Pole | |
| Telugu language | Gemini TV | Sravani Subramanyam | ||
| Kannada language | Udaya TV | Thangaali |
See also
References
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