Vani Rani (TV series)

Vani Rani is a 2013-2018 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on Sun TV from 21 January 2013 to 8 December 2018 for 1,743 episodes.[3][4][5] The show starred Radikaa Sarathkumar, Venu Arvind and Babloo Prithiveeraj. This show was directed by C J Baskar and produced by Radaan Mediaworks. This was Radaan Mediaworks' longest-running serial and fourth longest-running Tamil serial after Chandralekha, Valli and Kalyana Parisu.[6][7]

Vani Rani
GenreSoap opera
Written byPa.Raghavan
Directed by
  • O.N Rathnam
    (Episodes 1–477)
  • V.C Ravi
    (Episodes 478–493)
  • A. Ramachanthiran
    (Episodes 494–890)
  • O.N. Rathnam
    (Episodes 891-1447)
  • R. Aravindraj
    (Episodes 1448–1520)
  • CJ Baskar
    (Episodes 1521–1743)
Creative directorRadikaa Sarathkumar
Starring
Theme music composerC. Sathya
Opening theme
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes1,743[1][2]
Production
Executive producerSuku Kuchappan
ProducerRadaan Mediaworks
Cinematography
  • Meenatchippatti P. Kasinathan
  • S. Rajeeva Alwin
  • P. Chella Pandiyan
Editors
  • K. Ganesh
  • K. Sathyabalan
  • B. James
  • B. Ramesh Lal
  • K. Bharath Kumar
  • M. Jayasimman
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 20–21 minutes
Production companyRadaan Mediaworks
Release
Original networkSun TV (2013-2018)
re-telecast
Kalaignar TV (2021-present)
Original release21 January 2013 (2013-01-21) –
8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)

The show started to re-telecast on Kalaignar TV from 19 July 2021 Monday to Saturday.[8] Radhika reprised the roles of Vani and Rani again in serial named Ponni C/O Vani Rani which is being aired in Kalaignar TV.

Plot

Twin-sisters, Vani and Rani are raised by their uncle, Manickam, after their parents died. Rani sacrifices her education for Vani, who aspires to be a lawyer. Vani becomes a successful lawyer and marries Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi, a granite businessman. Rani marries Bhoomi's half-brother, Saaminathan aka Saami, a restaurant owner. Manickam's son, Manohar falls in love with Bhoomi's sister, Jyothi. Rani is forced to get them married, earning Vani and Rani the wrath of their uncle and their mother-in-law Angayarkanni. Vani refuses to speak with Rani after that.

As years pass, Vani and Bhoomi turn out to be successful while Rani and Saami are struggling. Vani has two sons, Surya and Gautham while Rani has three children, Saravanan, Selvi and Thenmozhi. They all in the same house. Angayarkanni enters to worsens the problems. Rani's elder daughter, Selvi falls in love and marries Rajesh with only Vani as a chance witness, resulting in Vani and Rani getting separated, with Bhoomi and Angayarkanni as the major cause. Eventually, He realizes his faults and tries to get the family together.

Vani and Rani's families get together but live in separate houses. Kadhiravan, a local don who has his vengeance against Rani's son Saravanan, creates problems. Vani's younger son, Gautham marries Kadhiravan's niece Pooja to rescue Saravanan. Kadhir turns good after Pooja's marriage. Jyothi's daughter, Poongodi is involved in a love triangle between her cousins, Karthik and Saravanan. In the end, she gets married to Karthik. Selvi also faces numerous problems through her father-in-law Kaali, Alamelu, Shenbagam, Shiva, Geetha and Malathi.

Vani's elder son, Surya marries Dimple, who hates Vani and Bhoomi. Rani faces her own problems with her house owner and his family members Muthupechi, Naagaraj and Velu. Later, Gautham becomes a policeman and investigates a murder than took place in a quarry which was owned by Guru Paadham (GP). GP is also a prominent business magnate and industrialist who controls the Indian medicine mafia activity and his son, Arya. GP puts a bomb in Pooja's car resulting in the death of Pooja's mother and aunt, Sudha and Pushpa respectively. Gautham later kills Arya, enraging GP who vows for revenge. GP tries killing Kadhiravan but finally gets arrested by Gautham. Poongodi and Karthik face their own problems with Azhagumayil and Parvatham. Saranvanan marries Pavithra.

The rivalry between Vani and Akhilandeshwari starts because of Surya's relationship with the latter's daughter, Janani during college days. They had a daughter, Riyah. Akhilandeshwari's brother, Sudhakar murderers Janani and frames Vani. Rani's younger daughter, Thenmozhi aka Thenu falls of a cliff and presumed dead. Alive, but having memory loss, She lives as Bhavani with Chandrika and her brother, Poochi, who rescued her. Akhilandeshwari helps Chandrika and forces Thenu to smuggle drugs, but Rani and Vani save her. Eventually, Thenu regains her memory and reunites with her family.

Akhilandeshwari and Sudhakar begin a new plan with the help of Neela, Sanjay and Mukesh. Neela blackmails Saravanan and Sanjay through a plan and make money from them and Sanjay takes Bhoominathan's company with the help of Sudhakar and creates a confusion between Saaminathan and Bhoominathan.

Angayarkanni is murdered by Sanjay and Saami gets framed, occurring fights between him and Bhoomi. Sanjay plans to kill Saaminathan and Rani. Rani finds proof regarding Angayarkanni's murder and blackmails Sanjay, who is arrested. Bhoomi and Saami are reunited. Rani learns Akhilandeshwari's plan to kill Vani and risks her own life in danger. Vani too who faints learning Rani's situation. After some emotional affection between the sisters, their health improves. Akhilandeshwari finds out that Janani is murdered by Sudhakar and is arrested by Gautham, while apologizing for all her mistakes from Vani and Rani. Finally, both families are reunited after a lot of problems.

Cast

Main
  • Raadhika Sarathkumar in a dual role as:
    • Advocate Vani Bhoominathan – Manickam's elder niece; Rani's twin sister; Bhoomi's wife; Surya and Gautham's mother; Riya and Mano's grandmother.
    • Rani Saaminathan – Manickam's younger niece; Vani's twin sister; Saami's wife; Saravanan's, Selvi's and Thenu's mother; Jr. Manickam and Santhosh's grandmother.
  • Venu Arvind as Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi – A businessman; Angayarkanni's son; Jyothi's brother; Saami's half-brother; Vani's husband; Surya's and Gautham's father; Riya's and Mano's grandfather.
  • Babloo Prithiveeraj[9] as Saaminathan (Saami) – Angayarkanni's step-son; Bhoomi's and Jyothi's half-brother; Rani's husband; Saravanan's, Selvi's and Thenu's father; Jr. Manickam's and Santhosh's grandfather.

Recurring
  • Arun Kumar Rajan as Advocate Suryanarayanan "Surya" Bhoominathan – Vani and Bhoomi's elder son; Gautham's brother; Janani's ex-lover; Dimple's husband; Riya and Mano's father.
  • Neelima Rani as Dimple Suryanarayanan – Ponnambalam and Alamelu's daughter; Surya's wife; Mano's mother; Riya's step-mother.
  • Vignesh Kumar as SI Gauthamkrishnan "Gautham" Bhoominathan – Vani and Bhoomi's younger son; Surya's brother; Pooja's husband.
  • Navya Swamy as Pooja Gauthamkrishnan – Sudha and Karuppuswamy's daughter; Gautham's wife.
  • Sujith Suprabha/Manas Chavali[10] as Saravanan Saaminathan – Rani and Saami's son; Selvi and Thenu's brother; Pavithra's husband; Santhosh's father.
  • Shruti Shanmugapriya as Pavithra Saravanan – Sadhasivam and Mythili's daughter; Saravanan's wife; Santhosh's mother.
  • Nikhila Rao/Niranjani Ashok as Selvi Rajesh – Rani and Saami's elder daughter; Saravanan and Thenu's sister; Rajesh's wife; Jr. Manickam's mother.
  • Guhan Shanmugam as Rajesh Kaaliappan – Kaaliappan and Sundari's son; Shanthi's step-son; Malathi's half-brother; Selvi's husband; Jr. Manickam's father.
  • Neha Menon as Thenmozhi "Thenu" Saaminathan – Rani and Saami's younger daughter; Saravanan and Selvi's sister.
  • Rajendran as Ponnambalam
  • Srilekha Rajendran as Alamelu
  • Nandakumar as Mayilvaganam
  • Mohan as Karuppuswamy and Thangarasu [dual role]
  • Sudha Pushpa as Sudha
  • Andrew Jesudoss as Kadhiravan
  • Sasikala Shree as Pushpa
  • Thulasi as Point Anna
  • Ramachandran Mahalingam as Sadasivam
  • Dharini as Mythili
  • Baboos as Kaaliappan
  • Sangeeta Balan[11] as Sundari
  • Meenakshi Muruha as Shanti
  • Jyothi/Minnal Deepa as Malathi
  • Murali Krishnan as Aarumugam
  • Rai Mithran as Balasubramaniam
  • Veena Venkatesh as Meghala
  • Rajkumar as Karthik
  • Mahalakshmi as Poongodi
  • Sivaji Manohar as Manohar
  • Gayathri Krishnan/Jyothi Reddy/Roopa Sree/Premi Venkat as Jyothi
  • Nagalakshmi as Parvatham
  • Geetha Anjali as Azhagumayil
  • Ravikumar as Manickam
  • Shanthi Williams as Angayarkanni
  • Mamilla Shailaja Priya as Akhilandeshwari
  • Chandrashekharan as Sudhakar
  • Bhanu Sri as Sandhya
  • Priya as Janani
  • Vasavi as Asha
  • T Krishnan and Krishamurthy
  • Radha as Vijayalakshmi
  • Shamily Sukumar as Tejaswini
  • Nathan Shyam as Mithran
  • Nalini as Krishnaveni
  • Mamathi Chori as Kokila and Jessie [dual role]
  • Sumangali as Alamelu
  • Sridevi Ashok as Shenbagam
  • B.H.Tharun Kumar as Guru Paadham
  • Vetrivelan as Chandrasekhar
  • Fawaz Zayani as Arya
  • C.Ranganathan as Haneef
  • Ravi Chandran as Naagaraj
  • Deepa Shankar as Muthupechi
  • Bharath as Velu
  • Jayaraman Mohan as Shiva
  • 'Vazhakku En' Muthuraman as Anbuchelvan
  • Vimal Raj as Kaththi Shekhar
  • Madhuvanti Arun as Chandrika
  • Sai Swetha as Bhavani
  • Krishna Kishore as Krishna
  • Nakshatra Nagesh as Rudhra
  • Meena Kumari as Yamuna
  • Vasu Vikram as Moorthy
  • Vidhya Shankar as Devika's mother
  • Reshma Pasupuleti as Devika
  • Nithya Ravindran as Savithri
  • Nivetha as Valli
  • Azhagu as Valli's father
  • Krithika Laddu as Agalya
  • Nivedhita Pankaj as Anjali
  • Mohan Sharma as Vishwanathan
  • Sathya Sai as Sivagami
  • Suhasini as Nandini
  • Prakash Rajan and Dheenadayalan
  • Sivakumar as Mahalingam
  • Kannayiram as Muthu
  • Abhishekh as Mugundhan
  • Kovai Desingu as Aasaan
  • Aravish Glitzy as Mani
  • Anusha Rai as Tulasi
  • Usha Elizabeth Suraj as Tulasi's mother
  • Sathyajit as Kailash

Production

Development - Overview

After wrapping up the show, Chellamey, Raadhika Sarathkumar decided to do something new to please the audience, which led to her idea of a story of two sisters, poles apart in nature and the way they deal with their lives.

O.N.Rathnam was finalised as the Director. P.A.Raghavan and S.Kumaresan were the screen players and writers. The music was managed by P.A.Vijay. Suku Kuchappan, under Radaan Mediaworks, with the help of Raadhika Sarathkumar managed the production.

Casting - Overview
  • Raadhika was cast as Vani and Rani in the lead dual female role
  • Venu Arvind and Babloo Prithiveeraj were cast to play male lead roles.
  • Arun Kumar, Vignesh Kumar, Sujith Suprabha, Nikhila Rao, Neha Menon and Guha Shanmugam were cast as the other lead roles.

Music

The title song was written by lyricist Pa. Vijay, composed C. Sathya sung by Sakthisree Gopalan, Dharshini and Kaushik Menon.

Soundtrack
Track list
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Oru Paravai
(ஒரு பறவை) Title Song"		Pa. VijayC. SathyaSakthisree Gopalan
Dharshini
Kaushik Menon		3:20
2."Collegekku Collegekku Bus Day da
(காலேஜ்க்கு காலேஜ்க்கு பஸ் டேடா)"		   2:44
3."Enna Thavam Seiyenamma
(என்ன தவம் செய்யேனம்மா)"		   3:16
4."Uyirukkul Oru Osai
(உயிருக்குள் ஒரு ஓசை)"		   5:10
5."Pesidum Pesidum Kangale Neethano
(பேசிடும் பேசிடும் கண்களே நீதானோ )"		   5:50

Sequel

Ponni C/O Rani
Main article: Ponni C/O Rani

A sequel series Ponni C/O Rani premiered on 27 June 2022. The series narrates the story of Vani and Rani's friend, Ponni and the problems she faces in her family. The show stars Preethi Sanjiv, Manohar Krishnan in lead roles and Raadhika Sarathkumar playing the dual role, making her comeback.[12]

Adaptations
Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes Ref.
TamilVani Rani21 January 2013Sun TV8 December 2018Original
HindiVaani Rani7 August 2017&TV2 March 2018Remake[13]
BengaliSeemarekha23 October 2017Zee Bangla12 January 2019[14]

References
  1. "சன்டிவியில் வாணி ராணி 1000... ராதிகாவை வாழ்த்தும் ரசிகர்கள்". tamil.filmibeat.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  2. "Vani Rani completes 1200 episodes". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  3. "TV show Vani Rani serial breaks the record set by Kolangal and Kasthuri".
  4. "முடிவடையும் 'வாணி ராணி' சீரியல்: ட்விட்டரில் ராதிகா நெகிழ்ச்சி".
  5. "Radhika Sarathkumar's Vaani Rani to go off-air soon". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  6. "Vani Rani hits century". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  7. "TV drama Vani Rani completes seven years of production". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  8. "கலைஞர் டிவியில் வரும் ராதிகாவின் முக்கிய சீரியல்". tamil.samayam.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  9. "கொடுமையானது 'வாணி ராணி' சீரியல் அனுபவம்..! ராதிகா முதல் இயக்குனர் வரை கிழித்து தொங்கவிட்ட நடிகர் ப்ரித்விராஜ்...!". tamil.asianetnews.com (in Tamil).
  10. "வாணி ராணி மானஸிற்கு திடீர் திருமணம்.! பெண் யார் தெரியுமா.!". tamil.behindtalkies.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  11. "கொஞ்ச நாளா என் பொண்ணை ரொம்பவே மிஸ் பண்றேன்! - 'வாணி ராணி' சங்கீதா பாலன்". cinema.vikatan.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  12. "ராதிகாவின் புதிய தொடர்: பொன்னி c/o ராணி..." (in Tamil). m.dinamalar.com. 23 May 2022.
  13. "'Vani Rani': A tale of estranged twins". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  14. "'Seemarekha' on Zee Bangla Tv". newstechcafe.com.
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