Kudumbavilakku

Kudumbavilakku (transl. Lamp of the family) is an Indian Malayalam-language television soap opera drama.[1] The show premieres on Asianet channel and has streamed on Disney+ Hotstar since 27 January 2020. Meera Vasudevan portrays the lead role in the series, returning to television after thirteen years.[2][3][4]

For Kudumba Vilakku Tamil film, see Kudumba Vilakku.

Kudumbavilakku
GenreDrama
Family
Inspirational
Created by
  • Sangeetha Mohan
    (Episode 1–88)
  • Anil Baas
    (Episode 89–present)
Based onSreemoyee
Story byLeena Gangopadhyay
Directed byManju Dharman
Starring
Theme music composerShyam Dharman
Opening theme"Udayathin Munnpe Nee Pennpoovee"
Composers
  • Shyam Dharman
  • Rajeev Attukal
  • Ramesh Narayan
    (Lyrics)
Country of originIndia
Original languageMalayalam
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes927
Production
Executive producerSanjeev Sajji
ProducerChitra Shenoy
Cinematography
  • A. V. Arun Ravan
    (Episode 1–89)
  • Vipin Puthiyankam
    (Episode 90 – present)
EditorJishnu S. Kuryathi
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companyGood Company Productions
Release
Original network
Original release27 January 2020 (2020-01-27) –
present
Related

The series is produced by Chitra Shenoy under Good Company Productions, is an official remake of Bengali TV series Sreemoyee[5] which depicts the story of a hardworking housewife Sumithra (played by Meera Vasudevan), who is not acknowledged or appreciated for her work. Then she decides to rediscover herself and prove her worth.[6]

Plot

The show revolves around a Malayalee homemaker, Sumithra Menon and her family. Sumithra, a devoted housewife, mother and daughter-in-law, is family-oriented and self-sacrificing. Sumithra is married to Siddharth Menon and has three children; Anirudh Menon, a doctor, Pratheesh Menon, an aspiring musician, and Sheetal Menon, a college student. They live with Siddharth's parents, Shivadas and Saraswati. Except for Shivadas, Pratheesh, Sreekumar and their servant Mallika, no one cares for Sumitra's happiness or feelings. In addition to this misery, Siddharth divorces her and marries Vedhika. Initially devastated, she realises her worth and attempts to rediscover herself. How she transforms into a head-strong woman and gains the love of her family forms the crux of this soap-opera. She starts her business "Sumithra's" which makes her a business magnate. Later, Sumithra gets remarried with her old classmate and friend Rohit.

Cast

Main
  • Meera Vasudevan as Sumithra[7] (formerly Menon) – Savithriyamma's daughter; Deepu's sister; Sidharth's ex-wife; Anirudh, Pratheesh and Sheethal's mother; Pooja's step-mother; Rohit's wife.
  • Krishnakumar Menon as Sidharth "Sidhu" Menon[8] – Shivdas and Saraswathiyamma's son; Sumithra's ex-husband; Vedika's second husband; Anirudh, Pratheesh and Sheethal's father; Sharanya's brother; Neerav's stepfather.
  • Shwetha Venkat[9] / Ameya Nair[10] / Saranya Anand[11] as Vedika Menon – Vasumatiyamma's daughter; Sampath's ex-wife; Sidharth's second wife; Neerav's mother; Pratheesh, Anirudh and Sheetal's stepmother.
  • Dr. Shaju Shaam as Rohith Gopal[12] – Sumithra's classmate and husband; Pooja's father;

Recurring
The Sreenilayam family
  • F. J. Tharakan as Shivadas Menon[13] – Saraswathi's husband; Sidharth and Sharanya's father; Anirudh, Pratheesh and Sheetal's grandfather; Sreekumar and Vedhika's father-in-law; Sumithra's ex-father-in-law.
  • Devi Menon as Saraswathi Menon aka Saraswathiyamma[14] – Shivdas's wife; Sidharth and Sharanya's mother; Anirudh, Pratheesh and Sheetal's grandmother; Sreekumar and Vedhika's mother-in-law; Sumithra's ex-mother-in-law.
  • Sreejith Vijay[15] / Anand Narayan[16] as Dr. Anirudh Menon – Sumithra and Sidharth's elder son; Pratheesh and Sheetal's brother; Ananya's husband; Pooja's stepbrother ; Rohit's stepson.
  • Akshaya R. Nair / Athira Madhav[17] / Aswathy Ash[18] as Dr. Ananya Menon – Prema's daughter; Anirudh's wife; Sumithra and Sidharth's daughter-in-law; Pratheesh,Pooja and Sheetal's sister-in-law.
  • Noobin Johny as Pratheesh Menon[19] – Sumithra and Sidharth's younger son; Anirudh and Sheetal's brother; Sanjana's husband; Pooja's stepbrother ; Rohit's stepson.
  • Reshma Nandu as Sanjana Menon[20] – Ramakrishnan's daughter; Susheela's stepdaughter; Maneesh's widow; Pratheesh's wife; Sumithra and Sidharth's daughter-in-law; Anirudh, Pooja and Sheetal's sister-in-law.
  • Parvathi Vijay[21] / Amritha Nair[22] / Sreelakshmi Sreekumar[23] as Sheetal Menon – Sumithra and Sidharth's daughter; Anirudh and Pratheesh's sister; Pooja's stepsister; Rohit's stepdaughter, Sachin's wife
  • Manoj Nair[24] / Sumesh Surendran as Sreekumar – Sharanya's husband; Nileena's former love interest
  • Sindhu Varma / Manju Satheesh[25] as Saranya Menon Sreekumar – Shivadas and Saraswathiyamma's daughter; Sidharth's sister; Sreemukar's wife; Anirudh, Pratheesh and Sheetal's aunt; Sumithra's ex-sister-in-law; Vedhika's sister-in-law.
  • Manju Vijeesh as Mallika – Sreenilayam family's domestic help[26]
Others
  • Padmakumar as CI Narayanan Kutty – Circle Inspector of Police
  • Gouri Prakash/ Aiswarya Unni as Pooja Gopal[27] – Rohit's daughter; Sheetal's friend
  • Bindhu Pankaj as Nileena Bhaskar – Sumithra's best friend since college; Shreekumar's former love interest
  • Jithu Venugopal as Anoop,[28] a goon who works for Mahendran
  • Fawaz Zayani/ Naveen Arakkal as Sampath[29] – Vedhika's ex-husband; Neerav's father
  • Shahnu / Amrutha S Ganesh as Dr. Indraja - Anirudh's superior
  • Hari as Deepankuran aka Deepu – Savithri's son; Sumithra's brother; Chithra's husband; Jishnu's father
  • Sunitha as Savithri aka Savithriyamma – Sumithra and Deepu's mother; Anirudh, Pratheesh, Sheethal and Jishnu's grandmother; Rohit's mother-in-law; Sidharth's ex-mother-in-law.
  • Parvathy Raveendran as Chitra – Deepu's wife; Jishnu's mother
  • Krishna as Premajam – Ananya's mother
  • Angeline Mariya - Maya
  • Firosh Mohan as Naveen – Vedika's friend
  • K. P. A. C. Saji / Amboori Jayan as Ramakrishnan – Sanjana's father
  • Devi Chandana as Susheela - Ramakrishnan's second wife
  • Hari as Vivek - Rohith's friend
  • Akhil as Jishnu – Deepu and Chithra's son; Anirudh, Pratheesh and Sheethal's cousin
  • Swathi Thara as DCP Chandralekha – IPS officer
  • Renjusha Menon as SI Nirmala
  • Sruthisha Nair as Shilpa – Member of Pratheesh's band who loves him
  • Sreerang Shine as Neerav – Sampath and Vedika's son
  • Geetha Nair as Vasumati aka Vasumatiyamma – Vedika's mother
  • Shobi Thilakan as Adv. Vasudevan – Sumithra and Siddharth's divorce lawyer
  • Sarath Sreehari as Pianist – Pratheesh's bandmate
  • Divya Sreedhar as Preetha's mother
  • Saju Kodiyan as Rev. Francis Mupliyanthadathil – Sheethal's school principal
  • Vanchiyoor Praveen Kumar as Udayabhanu – Shivadas's colleague who works at a resort
  • Jeevan Gopal as Jithin Raj – A fraudster and drug addict who wants to marry Sheetal[30]
  • Alif Muhammed as Maneesh – Sanjana's first husband (dead)
  • Sheelasree as Maneesh's mother
  • Joe Varghese as Sajin – Sheetal's boyfriend, later turned husband
  • Maria Juliana as Deepa
  • Sivaji Guruvayoor as Ananthan Vaidyar

Guest appearances
  • Innocent as the chief guest at the Mother's Day Competition at Sheetal's school (episodes 5 and 6)
  • Aju Varghese as himself, for the inauguration of Sumithra's shop (Episode 205)[31]
  • Neena Kurup as Kanaka ( episode 890)

Adaptations
Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes
Bengali Sreemoyee
শ্রীময়ী		 10 June 2019 Star Jalsha 19 December 2021 Original
Marathi Aai Kuthe Kay Karte!
आई कुठे काय करते!		 23 December 2019 Star Pravah Ongoing Remake
Malayalam Kudumbavilakku
കുടുംബവിളക്ക്		 27 January 2020 Asianet
Telugu Intinti Gruhalakshmi
ఇంటింటి గృహలక్ష్మి		 3 February 2020 Star Maa
Hindi Anupamaa
अनुपमा		 13 July 2020 StarPlus
Tamil Baakiyalakshmi
பாக்யலட்சுமி		 27 July 2020 Star Vijay

References
  1. "Malayalam Tv Serial Kudumbavilakku". nettv4u.com.
  2. "Kudumbavilakku Serial Premieres 27th January At 7.30 P.M On Asianet". keralatv.in. 26 January 2020.
  3. "Meera Vasudevan to play the lead in Kudumbavilakku". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  4. "Shreejit Vijay will be seen playing the role of a doctor". english.newstracklive.com. 25 January 2020.
  5. "Kudumbavilakku to Mrs. Hitler: Here's a look at the popular originals of these Malayalam shows". The Times of India. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. "Kudumbavilakku actors have fun during shoot breaks". The Times of India.
  7. "Meera Vasudevan: I'm as excited as my character, Sumithra, to see her transformation on Kudumbavilakku". The Times of India.
  8. "K K Menon: If every character had a heart of gold, serials would be bland". The Times of India.
  9. "Sreejith Vijay to Athira Madhav: Actors who quit Kudumbavilakku midway". The Times of India.
  10. "കുടുംബവിളക്കിലെ ആ പഴയ വേദിക ഇനി പോലീസ് ഓഫീസർ, ആഘോഷമാക്കി ആരാധകർ". filmibeat (in Malayalam). 27 November 2020.
  11. "Kudumbavilakku: Actress Saranya Anand joins the show as Vedhika". The Times of India.
  12. "Exclusive - Actor-producer Dr. Shaju: Serials don't show rape, child labour, not even eve-teasing, what is there to censor?". The Times of India.
  13. "മാണി സി കാപ്പന്റെ കസിനാണ്: ഭാര്യയുമായി പിണക്കത്തിലാണ്? വീഡിയോ!". Samayam.
  14. "'എന്തൊക്കെയാണ് സുമിത്രയോട് ചെയ്യുന്നത്?', സ്‍ത്രീ ചോദിച്ചു, ദേവി മേനോൻ പറയുന്നു". Asianet News.
  15. "Sreejith Vijay to play a doctor in his TV comeback". The Times of India.
  16. "Anand Narayan replaces Sreejith Vijay in 'Kudumbavilakku'". The Times of India.
  17. "Kudumbavilakku actress Athira Madhav announces pregnancy on her wedding anniversary". The Times of India.
  18. "Athira Madhav quits Kudumbavilakku; introduces the new 'Ananya'". The Times of India.
  19. "'സെല്‍ഫിയില്‍ ഒപ്പമുള്ളത് ഭാവി വധുവോ'? സസ്പെന്‍സ് വിടാതെ നൂബിന്‍ ജോണി". Asianet News.
  20. "പ്രണയം അദ്ദേഹത്തോട് മാത്രം, കുടുംബവിളക്കിലെ നടിമാരെല്ലാം പ്രണയിക്കുന്നത് ഈ നടനെ, രസകരമായ വീഡിയോയുമായി ആതിര". Filmibeat.
  21. "Kudumbavilakku fame Parvathy looks radiant and happy with sister Mridhula Vijai in these pictures from her babyshower". The Times of India.
  22. "ആറ്റുകാലമ്മയ്ക്ക് നിറകണ്ണുകളോടെ പൊങ്കാലയര്‍പ്പിച്ച് 'കുടുംബവിളക്ക് ശീതള്‍'". Asianet News.
  23. Bala, Lakshmi (9 September 2021). "കുറെയധികം സ്ട്രഗിൾ ചെയ്താണ് ഇന്ന് ഈ നിലയിൽ എത്തിയത്; ക്യാമറ എന്തെന്നുപോലും അറിയാത്ത ഒരു കാലം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നുവെനിക്ക്; ശ്രീലക്ഷ്മി ശ്രീകുമാർ പറയുന്നു!". Malayalam Samayam. The Times of India.
  24. "Manoj Nair shares a video recalling how he was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy; urges everyone to take care of their health". The Times of India.
  25. "ഇദ്ദേഹമായിരുന്നോ മഞ്ജുവിന്റെ ഭർത്താവ്; ആദിയായിരുന്നോ മകൻ; മഞ്ജു സതീഷിന്റെ കുടുംബത്തെ ഏറ്റെടുത്ത് സോഷ്യൽ മീഡിയ!". Samayam.
  26. "ബ്രെയിന്‍ ട്യൂമറായിരുന്നു, അറിഞ്ഞതും ആത്മഹത്യ ചെയ്തു; അച്ഛനെക്കുറിച്ച് മഞ്ജു വിജീഷ്". Filmibeat (in Malayalam).
  27. "Vanambadi fame Gouri Prakash aka Anumol joins 'Kudumbavilakku'; watch video". The Times of India.
  28. "Seetha Kalyanam fame Jithu Venugopal joins Kudumbavilakku". The Times of India.
  29. "Actor Fawaz Zayani joins 'Kudumbavilakku' as Sampath". The Times of India.
  30. "'കുടുംബ വിളക്കി'ലെ പുതിയ വില്ലൻ; ജീവൻ ഗോപാലിന്‍റെ വിശേഷങ്ങള്‍". Malayalam Samayam (in Malayalam). The Times of India. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  31. "Kudumbavilakku: Mollywood actor Aju Varghese to play a cameo in the show". The Times of India.
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