Thamizhum Saraswathiyum
Thamizhum Saraswathiyum is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera. It stars Deepak Dinkar and Nakshatra Nagesh.[1] It debuted on July 12, 2021, on Star Vijay and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. S. Kumaran is the series' director, and Radhika Srinivasan and B. Srinivasan are its producers for Vikatan Televistas.[2]
Thamizhum Saraswathiyum | |
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Genre | Drama |
Created by | S. Kumaran |
Written by |
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Screenplay by | V. K. Amirtharaj C.U. Muthuselvan |
Story by | Vikatan Story Team |
Directed by | S. Kumaran |
Creative directors | B. Srinivasan Raadhika Srinivasan |
Starring | Deepak Dinkar Nakshatra Nagesh |
Theme music composer | Kiran |
Opening theme | Neeyum Nannum Anbe |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Tamil |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 500 |
Production | |
Producers | Vikatan Televistas B.Srinivasan |
Cinematography | S. T. Martz |
Editors | B. Chandru Sasi K Basant |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 19–22 minutes |
Production company | Vikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd |
Release | |
Original network | Star Vijay Disney+ Hotstar |
Original release | 12 July 2021 – present |
Plot
The chapter starts with Tamizharasu, commonly known as Tamil, a tenth-grade dropout who deserted his studies due to his family's financial hardship. His family consists of seven members: his mother and father, Kothai and Natarajan, who originally established Kothai Industries, which is now managed by Tamil, and his younger brother, Karthik, who has fulfilled an MBA, and his sister, Ragini, who is studying MBBS, Abitha, who appears to work as a maid in their house and is taken into account a part of their family as well as an orphan by Kothai, and Tamil's friend Namachivayam, who lives in Kothai's house. Kothai has an older brother whose daughter intended to marry Tamil but subsequently withdrew according to his studies, provoking Kothai to dare her to find another husband.
On the other hand, it focuses on Saraswathi's family, whereby her father Chokkalingam serves as a school administrator and detests Saraswati because she's been studying grade 12 for almost 10 years. Saraswathi's mother, Vasuki, is an educator who attempts to make her feel better. Saraswati's paternal grandmother, who periodically supports her, nor her younger sister Kavya, who also is continuing her B.Tech. in a university, try to teach Saraswati, but she doesn't understand. Her brother Arun, who has also been pursuing his B.Tech. in AI (Artificial Science), absolutely hates Saraswati's studies. After the event of the turned-down wedding proposal, a demotivated Tamil prays to the God Saraswati, where Saraswati visits and hides behing a wall pretending to talk as the God, she tells him jokingly that he will meet a girl three to four times while it is raining and he marry her. After this, a happy Tamil tells this to Namachivayam, who really doesn't believe him, and those who return to the temple, where they meet, and it begins to rain.
The storyline then moves on to Chandrakala, another former sub-collector, who is Vasundhara and Aditya's mother. Vasundhara is smitten with Karthik, Thamizh's younger brother. Love is something Kodhai despises. To Thamizh, Karthik professes his love for Vasundhara. Eventually after a lot of problems, the family agrees and Karthik and Vasundhara marry. Meanwhile, one boy attempted to throw a paper at Saraswathi, she gets in trouble cheating on an exam. Chokkalingam (Saraswathi's father) gets enraged by this. Saraswathi comes to terms with her feelings for Tamizh. Kodhai arranges for Thamizh to marry Suhasini. Thamizh realizes his love for Saraswathi on the day of their engagement. Is he planning to marry Saraswathi or Suhasini?
Suhasini states she doesn't want to marry Tamizh because of his education level a few days later. One day, Saraswathi finds Kodhai by chance and saves her as she passes out. Saraswathi begins to appeal to Kodhai. Thamizh confesses his love for Saraswathi to Chokkalingam one day, and the latter agrees to see the clan. She continues to like Kodhai and when he starts asking questions about her qualifications, Saraswathi lies and reveals she took MBA to marry Thamizh. Kodhai agrees to marry Thamizh and Saraswathi despite Saraswathi's lack of education. Chandrakala and Geetha are continually attempting to prevent Thamizh and Saraswathi from marrying. Thamizh's aunt, Geetha, despises Kodhai's family and frequently participates with Chandrakala in her schemes. Geetha discovers Saraswathi's educational level one day, but she is rendered speechless due to an accident. When Geetha escapes from the hospital and she and Chandrakala reveal the truth about Saraswathi's education, The euphoria of Thamizh and Saraswathi is fleeting. As a result of Kodhai's passing out from shock, the entire family turns against Thamizh. Kodhai passes out from shock, and the entire family turns both against Thamizh and Saraswathi as a result. Saraswathi now plans to complete Grade 12 and pursue an MBA to prove herself and gain legitimacy from her family.
When Kothai returned home following her heart attack. She invites Saraswathi and Tamil inside the house. Vasundhara at the time supported both, although Karthi opposed them. Saraswathi was given the directive to avoid speaking negatively about her parents. She also gets ready for the 12th-grade exam so she can demonstrate her point in full. Geetha and Chandrakala are attempting to split while making various trap plans. While Kothai and Natesan sent Thamil& Saraswathi and Karthik& Vasundhara for a honeymoon to experience and comprehend themselves in Yercaud, Vasundhara and Karthik haven't yet begun living their marital life. They then come back and are united once more. Vasundhara also becomes pregnant, and Chandrakala throws a party for everyone to enjoy.
Thamizh and Saraswathi are split apart by Chandrakala and Madhu. The marriage between Thamizh and Saraswathi starts to fall apart. After being encircled by thugs, Madhu calls Thamizh for assistance. She is saved by an inebriated Thamizh. Madhu later claims to be expecting Thamizh's child. When Kodhai's family learns of this, they have 24 hours to establish Thamizh's innocence. Evidence that Madhu lied about her pregnancy is provided to Saraswathi. Ragini, Thamizh’s sister, catches feelings for Aadhi, Vasundhara’s brother. He rejects Ragini's proposal when she asks him to marry her. Arjun, a colleague of Karthik saves Ragini when she is sad. As Arjun and Ragini get closer, they begin to fall in love. Even though Arjun only married Ragini to exact revenge on Kodhai's family, they eventually got married, while Saraswathi begins to question Arjun's evil intentions.
As Saraswati learns of Arjun's nefarious plans, she tries to convince everyone in the Kodhai family that Arjun isn’t the good guy that they think he is. However, people misinterpret her because they think she is solely to blame. Raagini marries Arjun fully after that. In this scene, Arjun manipulates his family to engage in games with Kodhai and is torn apart. Geetha and Tamizh also expose Chandrakala, causing Vasundhra to part ways with her until she realises what she did was wrong. As the chairman of Kodhai Industries, Kodhai resigns. She assigns Karthi, Tamizh, and Arjun the responsibility of selecting the next chairman. As Tamizh is blamed, Arjun plays a part in stabbing himself and forcing himself into the hospital. Tamizh is opposed by the entire family when they follow.
When Tamil is startled, he and Saraswathi make a choice to leave the Kothai Natesan mansion. They share a home with Namachi. Vasuki and Chokkilingam arrive to help, but Tamil decides not to take their help and wants to be independent. Tamil and Namachi are forced to flee from their home and into another one after Arjun bribes Namachi’s landlord and has him evict them. Without Tamil's knowledge, Saraswathi leaves for work at the repair shop where she works to make ends meet. A few days later, Tamil founded his own business, Saraswathi Industries, which Kodhai and the minister inaugurated. Meenakshi and Vasuki come across Saraswathi and find her working in a mechanic shop to help Tamizh with the bills, and confront Tamizh about it. Upon finding out, Tamizh gets angry since Saraswathi didn’t tell him, but later sympathises and understands why she didn’t tell him. Vasundhara is similarly left alone at home, where Saraswathi discovers that she’s fallen down the stairs and comes to her aid. Vasundhara also gives birth to a child, and Chandrakala thoroughly repents of her actions and begs them both for forgiveness, which they both accept and Vasundhara is reunited with Chandrakala after that. Despite Chandrakala's attempts to unite Tamizh and Saraswathi with Kodhai, Kodhai rejects them. Kothai thinks they came to confront and refute them.
Arjun makes a strategy to lure Kodhai into believing that she's transferring her Anna Nagar property to Ragini on her daughter's request. But Arjun tricks Kodhai into transferring all her properties to Ragini. Ragini later being aware of Arjun's masquerade, supports him and commands her family leave the house. Subsequently, Kodhai and her family vacate the house and become homeless. Kodhai and her family along with Saraswati and Adi take refuge in a temple. Kodhai confronts the deity questioning the scenario she's been put into. Meanwhile Saras informs Tamizh about the situation. Tamizh ruffles Arjun's feathers and collects his family from the temple and brings them to his home. Ragini and family celebrate the departure of Kodhai and Natesan and the transfer of all the properties into Arjun's hand by lighting fireworks atop their house in an attempt to diss Kodhai. Kodhai and her family could only watch the atrocities in agony from far.
Tamizh rents a larger house to accommodate his family. Tamizh and his family are confronted by Arjun on the road. Kodhai reprimands Arjun for his dishonesty and curses him. Arjun being angry at Kodhai and her family vows to take revenge on Kodhai's family. Arjun later draws a sniper rifle on Tamizh to murder him silently from a distance, but Ragini draws on Arjun, the situation ends when Ragini agrees to transfer all the properties from her to Arjun.
Then, Ragini gets delivery pain, and Tamizh decides to help her, by taking her to the hospital. Then, Ragini's baby is born. Both Arjun and Ragini apologize to both Tamizh and Saraswathi for misunderstanding them.
Cast
Main
- Deepak Dinkar as Thamizharasan Natesan "Thamizh": Saraswathi's husband, Meghna's one side lover(2021–present);[3] Kothai and Natesan's elder son; Chairman of the Saraswathi Industries. A very responsible and respectable guy who stopped his education and took over the family business at an incredibly youthful age due to circumstances. (Main Protagonist)
- Nakshatra Nagesh as Saraswathi Thamizharasan: Thamizh's wife (2021–present); Chokkalingam and Vasuki's elder daughter and Kothai and Natesan's eldest daughter-in-law. She is a bubbly enthusiastic girl who wants to be happy in her life. But she has always been looked down upon for not being able to complete her promised MBA degree.
Supporting
- Meera Krishna as Kodhainayagi Natesan: Natesan's wife; Thamizh, Karthik and Raagini's mother;
- Ramachandran Mahalingam as Natesaperumal: Kodhai's husband; Thamizh, Karthik and Raagini's father.
- Rayan as Arjun: Lakshmi’s son: Raagini's husband. An MBA graduate who works as a director for the Kodhai Industries. He loved and married Raagini to enter Thamizh's household and break up his family in revenge for his father's and eldest sister's deaths ostensibly due to Kothai's and Natesan's actions several years ago which also drove his family to poverty. (Main Antagonist)
- Akshitha Bopaiah as Meghna
- Mohammed Salmaan as Madhan: Kalivaradhan’s son (Antagonist)
- Ashok Pandian as Kalivaradhan: Madhan’s father and Meghna’s uncle (Antagonist)
- Navin Vetri as Karthikeyan Natesan: Kodhai and Natesan's younger son; Thamizh's younger brother and Vasundhara's husband; Ragini's elder brother;
- Dharshna Sripal Golecha[4] / VJ Sangeetha as Vasundhra Devi: Karthik's wife and Chandrakala's daughter.
- KPY Yogi as Namachivayam: Thamizh's best friend.
- Lavanya Manickam[5] / Asritha Sreedas as Raagini : Kodhai and Natesan's daughter; Thamizh and Karthik's younger sister; Arjun's wife.
- Pop Suresh as Paraman: Jayanthi’s husband and Arjun’s brother in law (Antagonist)
- Babitha as Lakshmi: Arjun and Jayanthi's mother (Antagonist)
- Swathika Senthilkumar as Jayanthi: Lakshmi’s daughter; Arjun’s sister (Antagonist)
- Rekha Krishnappa[6] as Chandrakala Devi: Vasundhara and Aditya's mother (former main antagonist)
- Kayal Vizhi / Anbarasi as Abitha: Kothai's housemaid.
- Ganesh as Manickam: Kothai's elder brother.
- Mercy Leyal as Geetha Manickam: Tamizh's Aunt
- Saif as Adithya: Chandrakala's son and Vasundhara's elder brother.
- Madhumikha Srinivas / Sailu Imran as Madhumita: Geetha's daughter and Thamizh's cousin.
- Prabhakaran Chandran as Chokkalingam: Saraswathi's father.
- Anitha Venkat as Vasuki Chokkalingam: Saraswathi's mother.
- A. Revathy as Meenakshi: Saraswathi's grandmother.
- Madhan Pandian as Arunprasad Chokkalingam: Saraswathi's brother.
- Sangeetha / Kokila Gopal as Kavyapriya Chokkalingam: Saraswathi's sister.
- Uma Maheswari as Minnal: Saraswathi's friend.
- Radhika Menon as Minnal's mother.
- Yamini Saravanan as Raagini's friend.
- Shalini as Nisha: Arjun's fiancé
- Ashok Kumar as Ravi: Mechanic Shop Owner
- Srini as Elango: Arjun’s close friend
Cameo
- Sushma Nair as Suhasini Gunasekaran (2021)
- VJ Thara as Lavanya Gunasekaran (2021)
- Devi Teju as Lakshmi Gunasekaran (2021)
- Reshma as Arjun's elder sister (photographic appearance) (2022)
- Venkat as Arjun's father (photographic appearance) (2022)
Crossovers and special episodes
- It had a crossover with Pandian Stores from 15 November to 28 November 2021.[7]
Production
Development
This is Vikatan Televistas show, which was supposed to premiere in May 2021 but was postponed due to lock down while shootings were halted owing to COVID-19 pandemic in India.[8][9] The first promo was released on 24 June 2021.[10] The first promo was released on 24 June 2021.[11]
Casting
Deepak Dinkar who commonly joined with S.Kumaran's projects such as Thendral and Thirumathi Selvam where reprising his role and making his come back.[12] Actress Nakshatra Nagesh was cast as the female lead Saraswathi.[13]
In May 2023, Dharshana Golecha who played Vasundhara quit the series,[14] VJ Sangeetha was cast in play the role of Vasundhara. Actress Rekha Krishnappa was cast to play Vasundhara and Aditya's mother as Chandrakala Devi.[15] In October 2023, Akshitha Bopaiah[16] and Salman were cast as Megna and Mathan.[17]
Reception
This show has delivered decent ratings since its launch week.[18] Because of Kamal Haasan's Big Boss season 6, the serial was shifted to a 18.30 (IST) pm time slot in October 2022. With a 19.30 (IST) time slot, it earned just about 7.1 where the highest was 8.2. Raja Rani 2 came next in March 2023, and it became 6 o'clock. However, despite having decent and moderate TRP scores like the 3.1 or 4.8, serial tunes have been demonstrating power throughout time. Additionally, it was the most popular serial on Disney+Hotstar. The key episodes were crucial because of Arjun's intentions, Thamil's success, and other things. Now thamizhum Saraswatiyum become no 1 serial in disney+ hotstar and recent Arjun truth reveal fetched blockbuster trp and become slot leader in 18.00 (IST) slot
References
- "தமிழும் சரஸ்வதியும் புதிய தொடர்". Dinamalar (in Tamil).
- "முன்னணி சேனல்கள் களமிறக்கும் புதிய ஷோக்கள்" [New shows launched by leading channels]. The Indian Express. 12 July 2021.
- "Deepak Dinkar and Nakshathra Nagesh excited about upcoming show Thamizhum Saraswathiyum". The Times of India. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- "Actress Dharshna Sripal quits Tamil daily soap 'Thamizhum Saraswathiyum'". The Times of India. 3 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- "Lavanya Manickam all excited to play Raagini in TV show Thamizhum Saraswathiyum". The Times of India. 13 July 2021.
- "Rekha Krishnappa set for her TV comeback; details inside". The Times of India. 28 March 2021. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021.
- "Pandian Stores - Thamizhum Saraswathiyum Mega Sangamam". Youtube. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- "Coronavirus | Film and TV shooting activities to be suspended till May 31, says FEFSI". The Hindu. 15 May 2021.
- "It took almost a month to get my sense of taste and smell back: Navin". The Times of India. 30 June 2021.
- "தமிழும் சரஸ்வதியும்.. விஜய் டிவியில் வருகிறது புது சீரியல்! ப்ரொமோ வீடியோ இதோ". The Times of India.
- "தமிழும் சரஸ்வதியும்.. விஜய் டிவியில் வருகிறது புது சீரியல்! ப்ரொமோ வீடியோ இதோ". The Times of India.
- "DEEPAK DINKAR AND NAKSHATRA NAGESH'S THAMIZHUM SARASWATHIYUM - BRAND NEW SERIAL IN VIJAY TV! FULL DETAILS HERE!". www.behindwoods.com. 25 June 2021.
- "It's a nice phase for TV and everyone associated with it, says Nakshathra". The Times of India. 12 July 2021.
- "Dharashana of Vasundhara, most popular actress exicted Thamizhum Saraswatiyum". The Times of India. 3 May 2023.
- "Chandrakala Devi is here. Rekha's entry in Star Vijay". The Times of India. 9 August 2021.
- "Actress Akshitha Bopiah joins the cast of Thamizhum Saraswatiyum". The Times of India. 16 October 2023.
- "Television actor Salmaan joins the cast of 'Thamizhum Saraswathiyum'". The Times of India. 17 October 2023.
- "'Kayal' continues to rule the TRP charts; Thamizhum Saraswathiyum bags the tenth spot". The Times of India. 7 May 2022.