Pagal Nilavu (TV series)

*Pagal Nilavu*
Pagal Nilavu
Genre	Soap opera; Drama; Romance
Written by	(Story) ; S. Ramana Girivasan ; Saleema ; (Screenplay) ; S. Ramana Girivasan ; P. S. Shahul Hameed ; Saleema ; (Dialogue) ; Priya Thambi ; P. S. Shahul Hameed ; Jagan Mohan
Directed by	Francis Kathiravan (Episode 1-555); Ravi Priyan (Episode 556-800)
Starring	Syed Anwar Ahmed ; Sameera Sherief ; Shivani Narayanan ; Mohammed Azeem ; Vignesh Karthick ; Soundarya Bala Nandakumar
Theme music composer	Ilayavan
Opening theme	Ilayavan
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	800
Production
Producer	K. J. Ganesh
Cinematography	M. Antony
Editors	H. Syed Mohamed; V. Sakthi
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 20–22 minutes per episode
Production companies	Venus Infotainment ; Vision Times
Original release
Network	STAR Vijay
Release	9 May 2016 –; 9 March 2019
Related
	Andal Azhagar

Pagal Nilavu (lit.:Day's Moon) is a 2016-2019 Indian Tamil-language soap opera, starring Syed Anwar Ahmed, Sameera Sherief, Shivani Narayanan, Mohammed Azeem, Vignesh Karthick and Soundarya Bala Nandakumar. It started airing on 9 May 2016 on STAR Vijay.^[1]^[2]

The series is the sequel and next generation story of Andal Azhagar, both of which were directed by Francis Kathiravan.^[3]^[4]

It is a story about love, but circumstances have made Andal and Azhagar's families rival for two generations. The drama explores whether their daughters, Revathy (Soundarya Bala Nandakumar) and Sakthi (Sameera Sherief) reunite the family.

Cast[edit]

Main cast[edit]

Syed Anwar Ahmed as Prabhakaran "Prabha" , Sakthivel and Malar Son , Sakthi's Husband , Karthick Half Brother and Sneha's ex Fiencee (2016-2018)
Sameera Sherief as Sakthi Prabhakaran Andal Azhagar's elder daughter and Praba's wife also Sneha's cousin (2016-2018)
Shivani Narayanan as Sneha Arjun , Arjun Wife , Prabha ex fiencée , Revathi brother daughter , Sakthi and Revathi's Cousin Sister (2016 - 2019)
Mohammed Azeem as Arjun , Sneha Husband , Thamizh Ex fiancée , Malarvizhi Assistant (2017 - 2019)
Vignesh Karthick as Karthick: Sakthivel and Revathi's son and Praba's half-brother, Revathy Husband; Sneha's best friend (2016-2018)
Soundarya Bala Nandakumar as Revathy Karthick: Andal Azhagar's younger daughter, Karthick Wife and Sneha's cousin (2016-2018)

Supporting cast[edit]

Udhayabhanu Maheswaran as Sakthivel: Revathi and Malar's husband; Praba, Karthick and Thamizh's father and Andal's brother (2016-2019)
Sindhu Shyam as Revathi , Sakthivel First Wife , Karthick's Mother, Azhagar's sister also Sakthi, Revathy and Sneha's aunt (2016-2019)
Reshma Pasupuleti (2016) → Suzane George (2017) → Dr. Sharmila (2017–2019) as Malarvizhi Sakthivel a.k.a. "Malar" Sakthivel's Second wife and Praba and Thamizh's mother (Main Antagonist)
Sreenidhi Sudarshan / Sahana Reddy as Thamizhselvi "Thamizh" , Prabha's Sister , Karthick Half Sister , Sakthivel and Malar Daughter , Sneha's arch-rival, Arjun's ex-fiancée , Vikram's love interest (2016- 2019) (Dead)
Mona Bedre as Andal Azhagar: Azhagar's wife, Sakthivel's sister; Sakthi and Revathi's mother (2016-2019)
Manush as Azhagarsamy a.k.a. Azhagar: Andal's husband, Revathi's brother; Sakthi and Revathi's father also Sneha's uncle (2016-2019)
Rekha Suresh as Ramya: Sneha's mother and Revathi's best friend also her brother's wife, Dileep's Paternal Aunt (2016-2018) (Dead)
Rathinavel as Malar's brother (Antagonist) and Sakthivel's Politician friend (2016-2019)
Mithun Raj as Dileep: Ramya's brother's son and Sneha's ex-fiancé (Antagonist) (2017-2019)
Deepa as Subatra: Andal's Sister-in-law and Kayal's mother (Comedian) (2016-2019)
P.S.Chitra as Kayal: Subatra's daughter (2016-2018)
Sathya as Inspector Sathya: Sneha's well-wisher (2018-2019)
Jeeva as Vikram: Thamizh's love interest (2018-2019)
Saif Ali Khan as Professor Ram: Sakthi and Sneha's enemy (Antagonist) (2017-2018)
K. Natraj as Chidambaram: Andal and Sakthivel's father, Prabha , Karthick , Sakthi , Revathi , Sneha and Thamizh Grandfather
Raghavendran as Palsamy
Mani K. L. as Mani
Ramesh Nallayan as Karthik and Sneha's friend
Anand Amirthalingam as Vinay
Shivakanth as Shiva
Krishna Kumar as Krishna
Manikandaraj Major as Vigilance officer
Anita Nair as Dhara Bhai
Gemini as Anand
Karthik as Senior student
Jeevanantham as Kuruvi
R. Shyam as Rathinavel
Subbaiah as Aaruchamy
Sheela as Viji Chidambaram: Andal and Sakthivel's mother, Sakthi, Revathi, Thamizh, Praba and Karthick's grandmother (2016-2019)
Chandraprakash as Murugesan: Azhagar, Revathi's father. Sakthi, Revathi, Sneha and Karthick's grandfather (2016-2017)
Vanitha Hariharan as Nikhila "Nikki" Karthick and Sneha's friend
Gemini Mani as Poosari: Sakthivel's best friend
Raghavan as Dinesh
Pavithra Janani as Karthika
Priya as Vadivu Murugesan: Azhagar, Revathi's mother Sakthi, Revathi, Sneha and Karthick's grandmother (2016-2017)

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Role	Result
2017 ^[5]^[6]	3rd Vijay Television Awards	Favourite Mother	Sindhu Shyam	Revathy	Won
		Favourite Find Female	Sameera Sherief	Sakthi	Won
		Best Family	Pagal Nilavu		Won
		Favourite Actor	Vignesh Karthick	Karthick	Nominated
			Syed Anwar Ahmed	Prabhakaran	Won
			Mohammad Azeem	Arjun	Nominated
		Favourite Actress	Soundarya Bala Nandakumar	Revathy	Nominated
			Sameera Sherief	Sakthi	Nominated
			Shivani Narayanan	Sneha	Nominated
		Best Debut Female	Shivani Narayanan	Sneha	Won
		Best Negative role	Dr. Sharmila	Malarvizhi	Nominated
		Favourite Comedian Fiction	Deepa	Subathra	Nominated
		Favourite Screen Pair	Vignesh Karthick & Soundarya Bala Nandakumar	Karthick & Revathy	Nominated
			Syed Anwar Ahmed & Sameera Sherief	Prabhakaran and Sakthi	Won
			Mohammed Azeem & Shivani Narayanan	Arjun and Sneha	Won
2018	4th Vijay Television Awards	Best Budding Pair	Mohammed Azeem & Shivani Narayanan	Arjun & Sneha	Won
		Best Negative role	Dr. Sharmila	Malarvizhi	Won
		Favourite Actor Male	Vignesh Karthick	Karthick	Nominated
		Favourite Actor Male	Mohammed Azeem	Arjun	Nominated
		Favourite Actor Female	Soundarya	Revathy	Nominated
		Favourite Actor Female	Shivani Narayanan	Sneha Arjun	Nominated
		Favourite Supporting Actor Male	Udhayabhanu Maheswaran	Sakthivel	Nominated
		Favourite Find	Shivani Narayanan	Sneha	Won
		Favourite Family	Pagal Nilavu		Nominated
		Favourite Mother	Sindhu Shyam	Revathy	Nominated
		Best Father	Udhayabhanu Maheswaran	Sakthivel	Nominated
		Favourite Screen Pair	Vignesh Karthick & Soundarya	Karthick & Revathy	Nominated
		Best Dop	Antony Priyan		Nominated
		Favourite Fiction Series	Pagal Nilavu		Nominated
		Best Crew Fiction	Pagal Nilavu		Nominated

References[edit]

^ "Pagal Nilavu is a sequel to Andal Azhagar". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
^ "ஆண்டாள் அழகர் தொடர் பகல் நிலவு ஆனது". cinema.dinamalar.com.
^ "விஜய் டிவி – பகல் நிலவு, புத்தம் புதிய தொடர்". www.screen4screen.com.
^ "Vijay TV to get a new romantic show". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
^ "Vijay TV Awards 2017 on May 6". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
^ "Watch Vijay Awards at 3 pm today". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.

External links[edit]

Pagal Nilavu at IMDb

[1] "Pagal Nilavu is a sequel to Andal Azhagar". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.

[2] "ஆண்டாள் அழகர் தொடர் பகல் நிலவு ஆனது". cinema.dinamalar.com.

[3] "விஜய் டிவி – பகல் நிலவு, புத்தம் புதிய தொடர்". www.screen4screen.com.

[4] "Vijay TV to get a new romantic show". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.

[5] "Vijay TV Awards 2017 on May 6". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.

[6] "Watch Vijay Awards at 3 pm today". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.

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