Siragadikka Aasai (TV series)

Circumstances force Meena, a family-centred girl, to marry Muthu, a misunderstood delinquent.

The show introduces Muthu, a delinquent who despises the concept of love, as well as Meena, a family-oriented woman who works at her parents' flower-stall near their local temple.

Muthu, a taxi driver, is an alcoholic who regularly comes home drunk, whilst also engaging in fights as well - even arguing with his mother Vijaya, who resents him for his bad past as well as his bad habits. The only three people in Muthu's family that have some sort of love and affection for him are his father Annamalai, a retired locomotive pilot, his younger brother Ravi, who works as a chef, and his grandmother Nachiyar, who raised him as a child. Muthu's elder brother, Manoj, is an affluent corporate employee and Vijaya's favourite son. He is selfish, money-minded, status-minded and dislikes both Annamalai and Muthu. Meena is a family-oriented girl who works as a flower-seller outside a temple. However, they face problems with Sudhakar (the loan shark), who lusts for Meena, as well as a poor financial status. Muthu and Meena often fight, with Meena not knowing that Muthu is Annamalai’s second son, but Muthu comes across Meena and her family. This ends up with the two of them disliking each other due to their constant conflicts.

After Sathya (Meena's brother) is negatively influenced by Chiti, a local don, he ends up stealing Muthu's bike out of envy of not getting one from his parents. He ends up going to jail but is released after Muthu withdraws the case after Meena asks him to. Sathya then speaks harshly to his father after he scolds him and kicks him out, which makes him depressed and he kills himself by being hit by a train, which Annamalai was driving on his final day on the job. Feeling guilty, Annamalai pays them a visit and decides to make Meena his daughter-in-law instead of giving them money, as he sees that there’s more than what meets the eye in their situation. Amidst this all, Manoj is in love with Jeeva, who has hidden intentions as she wants Annamalai's settlement money and wants to fly off to Canada.

On the day of the wedding, it's revealed that Manoj has eloped with Jeeva and has left a letter for his family - however, Jeeva and her friend have drained the 27 lakh from their joint account and Manoj goes into hiding out of embarrassment that he has no money and no girlfriend - leaving everyone at the wedding hall in shock. An argument ensues between Chandra and Annamalai about the wedding, Sudhakar intervenes with his own intentions of marrying Meena and proceeds to beat Annamalai and Ravi up for intervening in his plan. At that moment, Muthu sees this and beats up Sudhakar in retaliation and it's revealed that he’s Annamalai's second son. A flashback is shown to a previous episode, where Sudhakar kidnaps Meena and Muthu (in a helmet) saves her - Meena realises that Muthu was the person that saved her from Sudhakar. Chandra pacifies Meena and makes her accept the marriage with Muthu to avoid shame; whilst Annamalai has Muthu agree to marry Meena after nearly falling at Muthu's feet. They marry, against each others wishes.

Whilst Meena deals with the new challenges that come along with marriage, as well as her personal life.[7]

The show started airing on Star Vijay on 23 January 2023 and it aired on Monday to Friday 21:30 (IST). From 17 April 2023, the show was shifted to 21:00 (IST).[18][19]

The show got a TVR of 9.4 on week 30 in 2023 becoming the channel's No 2 series.[20] On week 31 in 2023 it became the No 1 serial of Vijay TV with 9.2 TVR in Urban and 7.93 TVR in U+R market.[21] Following that, on week 38 in 2023, the series entered the top 5 shows in TN with 8.17 TVR in U+R as well as became the slot leader.[22]

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