Kana Kaanum Kaalangal (2006 TV series)

*Kana Kaanum Kaalangal*
Kana Kaanum Kaalangal
Tamil	கனா காணும் காலங்கள்
Genre	Coming-of-age; Teen; Romance; Soap Opera;
Written by	Story; Bramma; S.Ramana Girivasan; Screenplay; Bramma; S.Ramana Girivasan; Dialogue; Bramma; S.Ramana Girivasan; Sa.Murali Manohar; Sheeba Prabhu;
Directed by	Season 1; R. Prabhu Kanna; Season 1- Season 2; Ravi Raja; Season 2, 4 episodes; G. Anbazhagan;
Starring	Hemalatha; Yuthan Balaji; Irfan; Shiva;
Theme music composer	Vijay Antony (Title Song); C. K. Ganesh (Background Score);
Opening theme	Kanavugal Kaanum Vayasuachu; Vocals; C. Sathya; Maya; Lyrics; Thenmozhi Das;
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	500+
Production
Producers	Season 1; Raghavesh Asthana; Season 1 - Season 2; R. Rajeshwari;
Cinematography	E. Martin Joe
Editors	A. R. Bennyraj; Raju;
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Approx. 20 minutes
Production company	Time Frames
Original release
Network	STAR Vijay
Release	30 October 2006 –; 25 April 2009

Kana Kaanum Kaalangal (Template:Lang-ta) was a Tamil drama soap opera aired on weekdays on STAR Vijay.^[1]^[2] It is first Indian television drama to focus solely on adolescence and school life and became a trend setter and topped the TRP of Tamil serials. A sequel to the serial called Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Kallooriyin Kadhai has been made.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] Later another sequel to the serial called Kana Kaanum Kalangal Kalloori Saalai was made, Both the sequels were focussed on college life.

Cast

Season 1

Hemalatha as Raghavi
S Sheva as Bala (Thala)
Mohamed Irfan "Irfan" as Vineeth
Lingeswaran (Black Pandi) as Pandi (Black Pandi)
Hariharan "Hari" as Krishnamoorthy "Krishna"/"Krish"
Vasudeva Krish Madhusudhan "Madhu" as Pachaiyappan "Pachai"
Stalin Shanmugavel as Rishi
Yuthan Balaji as Joseph Gabriel "Joe"
Iyappan as Unni Menon "Unni"
Monisha Ravishankar as Sanghavi
Sheron as Deepa
Kothai as Ragini
Preethi (Pavithra) as Saraswathi "Sis"
Sri Ram "Sri" as Sri Ram "Sri"
Kiran Konda as Madan
Dinesh as Rakesh "Rocky"
Sarath as Ganesa Lingam "Lingu"
Ravikumar as Aadhi
Ramesh as Thomas "Tom"
Krishna Priya "Priya" as Priya
Raghavendran as Pulikesi "Puli"(Puli Gates/Sullan)
Gadam Kishan as Ramakrishnan "Kichcha"/(Kishan)
Poornima as Karthika "Karthi"
Haritha as Mintu
Vaishnavi as Mano
Bhanu Chander as Rajendran, Raghavi and Sanghavi's father
Rekha as Lakshmi, Raghaviand Sanghavi's mother
Ilavarasan as Raghavi's father
Meera Krishnan as Raghavi's mother
Naren (Aadukalam Naren) as Chidambaram, correspondent
Anbazhagan "Anbu" as PT Peeli Sivam
Jeeva as Jeeva, teacher
Kalpana Sri as Madhavi, principal
Raviraj as Gabriel Arokyaraj, Joseph's father
Senthi Kumari as teacher
Kavyavarshini as Bharathi
Saakshi Siva as Vineeth's father
Peeli Sivam as Moorthy
Brindha Das as Vineeth's mother
Nesan as Deepa's uncle
Jhayasundari as Deepa' mother
Sachin as Bala's brother
Kuyili as Jeeva's mother
Shailaja as Krishnamoorthy's mother
Engineer Srinivasan as Rajendran's father
Kousalya Senthamarai as Rajammal, Rajendran's mother
Rathnaraj as Kathiresan, police Inspector
Chelladurai as Pandi's father
Theni Murugan as Murugan, Pachaiyappan's father
Sumathi Sri as Pachaiyappan's mother
Pasi Sathya as Pandi's aunt
Minnal Deepa as PT Peeli Sivam's wife
Suchithra as Kalavathi, Raghavi's sister
Ganesh Babu as teacher
Jayakanthan as Shanmuganathan, teacher
Karnaa Radha as teacher
Vincent as Vincent, teacher
Birla Bose as police inspector
Vinoth as Ilam Parithi
Master Udayaraj as mechanic
Sivakarthikeyan as himself (special appearance)
Cheran as himself (special appearance)
Deepak Dinkar as himself (special appearance)
Venkat as Himself (special appearance)
Divyadharshini "DD" as herself (special appearance)
Nisha Venkat as herself (special appearance)
Swaminathan as Gaja/Aalaiyamani (Temple bell) (special appearance)
Gauthami as herself (special appearance)

Season 2

Sri Ram "Sri" as Sri Ram "Sri"
Vignesh Kumar "Vicky Krish" as Vignesh "Vicky"
Kiran Konda as Madan
Dinesh as Rakesh "Rocky"
Ravikumar as Aadhi
Ramesh as Thomas "Tom"
Krishna Priya "Priya" as Priya
Hema as Hema
Michael Thangadurai as Michael Varadharaj
Raghavendran as Pulikesi "Puli"(Puli Gates/Sullan)
Jhony as Jhony
Prabhu as Prabhu
Udhay as Udhay
Gadam Kishan as Ramakrishnan "Kichcha"/(Kishan)
Hemalatha as Raghavi
Ligeswaran (Black Pandi) as Pandi (Black Pandi)
Vasudeva Krish Madhusudhan "Madhu" as Pachaiyappan "Pachai"
Stalin Shanmugavel as Rishi
Iyappan as Unni Menon "Unni"
Bhavya Rajan as Bhavya
Anbazhagan "Anbu" as PT Peeli Sivam
R. Raveendran "R. Ravi"/(Jeeva Ravi) as Sri Ram, Vignesh and Bhavya's father
Y. V. Subaramaniam as Correspondent
Deepa Nethran as Vicky and Bhavya's mother and Sri Ram's step mother
Usha Elizabeth as Sri Ram's mother and Vignesh and Bhavya's step mother
Kamal Haasan (Kamal Bharathi) as Kamal Haasan, English teacher
Raviraj as Gabriel Arokyaraj, principal
Rathnaraj as police inspector
Chelladurai as Pandi's father
Theni Murugan as Murugan, Pachaiyappan's father
Pattukkottai Sivanarayana Moorthy as Pulikesi's grandfather
Varalakshmi as Pulikesi's grandmother
Suryakanth as Pechiyammal's father and Pandi's uncle
Larawin as Larawin, dance master
Vincent as Vincent, teacher
Sivakarthikeyan as himself (special appearance)
Shreekumar "Shree" as himself (special appearance)
Dev Anand as himself (special appearance)
Tinku as himself (special appearance)
Divyadharshini "DD" as herself (special appearance)
Swaminathan as Gaja/Aalaiyamani (Temple bell) (special appearance)

Soundtrack

The title song was composed by the music director Vijay Antony and the background score was composed by C. K. Ganesh with lyrics written by Thenmozhi Das

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kanavugal Kaanum Vayasuachu"	Thenmozhi Das	Vijay Antony	C. Sathya, Maya	3:31
2.	"Pasumai Niraintha Ninaivugale"	Kannadasan, Vaali, Thenmozhi Das	C. K. Ganesh		1:55

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Role	Result
2014	Vijay Television Awards ^[9]^[10]	Favourite Fiction Series	Kana Kaanum Kaalangal		Nominated
2014	Vijay Television Awards ^[9]^[10]	Favourite Comedian Fiction	Lingeswaran	Black Pandi	Nominated

International broadcast

The Series was released on 21 October 2013 on Vijay TV and Vijay TV HD. The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution.

It was aired in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong, United States, Europe, Malaysia, Mauritius and South Africa on Vijay TV.
United Kingdom the drama aired on Deepam TV from 2008.
It was aired in Sri Lanka Tamil Channel on Nethira TV at Monday to Friday at 20:00.
It is also being re-aired on Vijay Super since 16 January 2017, Monday through Friday at 8:00PM (IST).

Dubbed versions

A dubbed version of the serial is being telecasted in Malayalam language as Classmates on Asianet Plus from March 31, 2014 at 9:00PM (IST) and aired every Monday to Friday.

Casting

STAR Vijay conducted a talent search and students between 14 and 22 years were shortlisted and selected for the serial except Hemalatha and Ligeswaran who had prior acting experience all others were students who were acting for the first time with an emphasis to make as natural as possible with real life emphasis with actors using there natural language, slangs and make it very close to real school life.^[11]^[12] It is also being re-aired on STAR Vijay Super from 16 January 2017, Monday through Friday at 8:00PM (IST).

References

^ "Stories from a classroom". The Hindu. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ "A new talent hunt". The Hindu. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
^ "Teens rule on Tamil TV channels". M Suganth. The Times of India. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
^ "A dream come true". Rinku Gupta. The New Indian Express. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
^ "Time to dream". The Hindu. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
^ "Targeting the youth". The Hindu. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ "The sequel begins". The Hindu. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ "Time to dream and enjoy humour". The Hindu. 13 January 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ "Vijay Television Awards launched". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
^ "Vijay Television Awards 2014 Winners". awardsandwinners.com.
^ "A rare Chance". 4 May 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ "The Sivaji of Television". www.behindwoods.com. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

External links

Official Page on hotstar

[1] "Stories from a classroom". The Hindu. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

[2] "A new talent hunt". The Hindu. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

[3] "Teens rule on Tamil TV channels". M Suganth. The Times of India. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

[4] "A dream come true". Rinku Gupta. The New Indian Express. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

[5] "Time to dream". The Hindu. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

[6] "Targeting the youth". The Hindu. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

[7] "The sequel begins". The Hindu. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

[8] "Time to dream and enjoy humour". The Hindu. 13 January 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

[9] "Vijay Television Awards launched". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.

[10] "Vijay Television Awards 2014 Winners". awardsandwinners.com.

[11] "A rare Chance". 4 May 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

[12] "The Sivaji of Television". www.behindwoods.com. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

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