Agni Natchathiram (TV series)

*Agni Natchathiram*
Agni Natchathiram
Genre	Soap opera
Written by	Shakthi Jegan (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	S. Kumaresan
Directed by	A.P Rajendhiran (1–67); M.K.Arunthavaraja (68–140); P.C Raghu (141–196); R.Karthikeyan (episodes 197–235); Arulrai (episodes 236–414);
Creative directors	P.R. Ravikumar (1–43); Dhanpal Ravi Kumar (44–140); V. Solairaja (141–414);
Starring	Varshini Arza; Gayathri Raj; Vasanth Vasi;
Theme music composer	Hari
Opening theme	"Azhagana Nadhiyil" ; Sri Nisha (Singer) ; Kiruthiya (Lyrics)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	414
Production
Executive producer	P. Divya Priya
Producers	Team Vision (141–414) ; P. Ravikumar (68–140) ; P. V. Prasad (1–67)
Production location	Chennai
Cinematography	S.Mohan
Editor	Christopher
Running time	approx. 23–25 minutes
Production companies	Sun Entertainment (1–present) ; Ravi Prasad Productions (1–140) ; Team Vision (141–414)
Original release
Network	Sun TV
Release	27 May 2019 –; 3 April 2021

Last updated November 16, 2024

Agni Natchathiram is a 2019- 2021 Indian Tamil-language television series starring Varshini Arza, Mersheena Neenu, Gayathri Raj and Vasanth Vasi.^[1] It premiered on Sun TV from 27 May 2019^[2] on Monday to Saturday at 11:30 AM and ended on 3 April 2021 with 414 episodes.^[3]

Plot

Two girls, Akila and Meera, are polar opposites. Their fathers are friends and also master and driver to one another. Akila is the master's daughter and Meer, the driver's. Unknown to them, they are actually twins of the latter. They are caught in a love triangle with Shridhar. The plot is slightly inspired from the 1988 film of the same name . In that film, two men (who are polar opposites) were unknown that they are half-brothers. In this TV series, the gender was reversed.

Cast

Main

Varshini Arza as Meera Shridar: Selvam's first daughter, Shridhar's wife
Mersheena Neenu (2019–2020) as Akhila
- Gayathri Raj (2020–2021) as Akhila Surya: Selvam's second daughter, Meera's younger sister, Surya's second wife
Vasanth Vasi as Shridhar: Meera and Akila's love interest, later Meera's husband

Supporting

Raj Kumar Manoharan as Surya: Shridhar's elder brother, Revathi and Akhila 's husband
Mounika ^[4]/Keerthana as Jayanthi, Selvam's wife
Rishi Keshav as Selvam: Meera and Akila's father
Vinodhini / Pramodini Pammi / Shilpa Mary Teresa / Gayathri Priya as Nalini Chandrashekar: Selvam's sister, Akila's foster mother
Bharath Kalyan as Chandrashekar: Selvam's best friend, Akila's foster father
Sri Vidhya Shankar and Dharini as Mythili: Shridhar's mother
Murali as Karthikeyan: Surya and Shridhar's father
Anuradha as Gangadevi: Ayyadurai's mother and Ranjith's grandmother
Maanas Chavali as Ranjith: Ayyadurai's son
Baboos as Ayyadurai
Shanthi Anandaraj as Shanthi
Naveendhar as Naveen: Shridhar's friend
Vasavi as Chinnamani
Uma Rani as Kanchana: Karthikeyan's cousin sister and Shridhar's aunt
Shabnam as Revathi: Surya's first wife
Swetha Senthilkumar as Indhu

Special appearance

Kasthuri Shankar as ACP Rudra (2020)

Production

Casting

Newcomer actress Varshini Arza was cast as the female lead Meera.^[5] Newcomer actress Mersheena Neenu was cast as Akhila. However she left the series in late July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[6]^[7] and was replaced by Gayathri Raj. Vasanth Vasi was cast as the male lead, Shridhar.^[8] Mounika, who was well known for her acting in old-school movies as well as serials, was cast as Jayanthi.^[9] However she left the series and was replaced by Keerthana.

In late November 2020, Kasthuri Shankar, known for his acting in Tamil films, was cast as ACP Rudra in a special appearance.^[10]

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References

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[1] "டிவியிலும் அக்னி நட்சத்திரம் இப்படித் தாக்குதே!".

[2] "New TV serial Agni Natchathiram to premiere soon". The Times of India . 24 May 2019.

[3] "Agni Natchathiram to go off-air soon". The Times of India . 31 March 2021.

[4] "அந்த 'அக்னி'யில் பிரபு - கார்த்திக் மோதல்.. இந்த 'நட்சத்திரத்தில்' வினோதினி - மெளனிகாவா!".

[5] "Agni Natchathiram goes off-air; actress Varshini Arza thank fans". The Times of India . 5 April 2021.

[6] "Malayalam actress Mersheena Neenu quits Agni Natchathiram; eels 'risky' to travel amid COVID-19 outbreak". The Times of India . 14 July 2024.

[7] "சன் டிவி அக்னி நட்சத்திரம் சீரியலில் இருந்து திடீரென வெளியேறிய நடிகை! அவரே கூறிய காரணம்" (in Tamil).

[8] "Here's how the team of Agni Natchathiram celebrated Vasanth Vasi's birthday". The Times of India . 25 January 2021.

[9] "Agni Natchathiram: Actress Mounika to make her TV comeback after a decade". The Times of India . 26 March 2019.

[10] "Actress Kasthuri Shankar to play a cop in Agni Natchathiram". The Times of India . 30 November 2020.

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