Ahalya (TV series)

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Ahalya
Ahalya serial logo.png
GenreSoap opera
Written byS.Kumaresan
Screenplay byS.Kumaresan
Directed byK.Rajeev Prasad (Episodes:1-530)
R.Balaji Yadav (Episode:531-616)
StarringManjari vinodhini
Shyam Ganesh
Sakthi Kumar
Abser
Preethi Srinivasan
Music by D. Imman
Opening theme"Ahalya Engal Ahalya"
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes616
Production
CinematographyMariyappan
D. Srinivas
EditorsPa.Balan
Rama. Thirunavukkarasu
Running timeapprox. 15-22 minutes per episode
Production companySAN Media Limited
Release
Original network Sun TV
Original release26 April 2004 (2004-04-26) 
22 September 2006 (2006-09-22)

Ahalya is a 2004 Indian Tamil soap opera that aired on Sun TV. The show premiered on 26 April 2004 and aired Monday through Friday at 11:30AM IST. The show stars Manjari, Shyam Ganesh / Sakthi Kumar, Abser, Dhivyadharshini, Snegha, Sindhu, Shanmugasundari, Lakshmi Priya and Sanjeev. After the show ended the slot has followed by Bhandham of same banner

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Plot

The story of pure friendship between a young man and woman. (Manjari) plays Ahalya, while (Abser) acts as her friend, Siva. Ahalya marries Siva's brother Kadhir (Shyam Ganesh) and sincerely wishes to be a loving wife, a dutiful daughter-in-law and a true friend of Siva. But problems arise because her friendship is misunderstood by every one in the family. The problems and the final solution are what "Ahalya" is all about. [1]

Cast

Main

  • Manjari Vinodhini as Ahalya / Manasa
  • Shyam Ganesh (1-135) / Sakthi Kumar (136-616) as Kathir
  • Abser as Shiva
  • Dinky as Mahalakshmi

Recurring

  • Oorvambu Lakshmi as Amutha
  • Sanjeev
  • Dhivyadharshini (Episode: 01-312) / Preethi Sanjeev as Gowri (Episode: 312-616)
  • Nesan
  • Srikala
  • Shreekumar as Hot
  • Snegha
  • Kowshik
  • Sindhu
  • Shanmugasundari
  • Lakshmi Priya
  • A.P. Nallamuthu
  • Rajasekhar
  • A.L. Raghavan
  • Sathyajit
  • Gowthami
  • Latha Rao
  • Ramachandran
  • Roopa Sree as Gayathiri
  • Sathya
  • Saakshi Siva
  • Shobhana
  • Amarasigamani
  • S. Sai Prasad
  • S.V. Devan
  • Annapoorni
  • Sasi
  • Prabhakar
  • Comedy P.S.Kicha
  • Vani
  • Krishnan
  • S.N Parvathy
  • Mali
  • Vaman Malini
  • Amirthakadesan
  • Master Prabhu
  • Baby Rooba Shri
  • Maya Prakash
  • Ramesh Kumar
  • T.Rajeswari
  • J.Lalitha
  • Vincent Roy
  • Illancheran
  • Vishnu nath
  • M.A. Thangaraj
  • Dhanush
  • Stepan Raj
  • Jaya Prakash
  • Dr. Shreethar
  • Rajagopalan
  • Ashok
  • Premi
  • T.T.Ramanujam
  • Bombay Kannan
  • Bharath
  • Prem
  • Vaithiyanadhan
  • Vijayalakshmi
  • Baba Kennedy

Title track

The title track was composed by D. Imman and was sung by Unnikrishnan. The lyrics for the title track were written by Vairamuthu.

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