Annamalai (2002 TV series)

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Annamalai
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Genre Soap opera
Created by Radikaa Sarathkumar
Screenplay byBabu Yogeswaran
Saiprakash K.Vijayan
Dialogues:
Babu Yogeswaran
Saiprakash K.Vijayan
Story byC. J. Baskar
Directed byC. J. Baskar
(1-278)
Sundar K. Vijayan
(279-757)
Creative director Radikaa Sarathkumar
Starring Radikaa Sarathkumar
Sivakumar
Jyothi Lakshmi
Deepa Venkat
Kuyili
Viji Chandrasekhar
Ponvannan
Shanmugasundaram
Ajay Rathnam
Devadarshini
Shyam Ganesh
Vijay Adhiraj
Kalyani
Theme music composer Dhina
(Title Song)
Kiran
(Background Score)
Opening themeTamil - "Uyirgal Pirappathu" (Vocals)
K. S. Chithra
KK
M. L. R. Karthikeyan
Telugu- "Manasu Unnathi" (Vocals)
SPB
Swarnalatha
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes757
Production
Producer Radikaa Sarathkumar
Cinematography Sakthi Saravanan(1-251)
Pons Chandra (252-757)
EditorT.Parthasarathy
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running timeapprox. 20-22 minutes per episode
Production companyRadaan Mediaworks
Original release
Network Sun TV
Release11 February 2002 (2002-02-11) –
21 January 2005 (2005-01-21)

Annamalai is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired Monday through Friday on Sun TV from 21 February 2002 to 21 January 2005. [1] [2]

Contents

This 757-episode series starred Sivakumar, Radhika Sarathkumar, Jyothi Lakshmi, Kuyili, Viji Chandrasekhar, Ponvannan, Shanmugasundaram, Ajay Rathnam, Devadarshini, Shyam Ganesh, Vijay Adhiraj and Deepa Venkat. It was produced by Radaan Mediaworks Radhika and directed by C.J. Bhaskar and Sundar K. Vijayan. [3] It was dubbed into Telugu as Sivayya and broadcast on Gemini TV.

Plot

The story involves the long-term dispute between the two families who are considered as rivals for the ownership of Azhvarkurichi's Annamalaiyar temple for many generations. It is currently headed by Pattalathar alias Ammaiyappan (Shanmugasundaram) and Gandhimathi (Jyothi Lakshmi) of the Ratnagiri family. Annamalai (R. Radhika Sarathkumar) is the only daughter of Pattalathar and he named her after a temple's deity. The reason of rivalry between Pattalathar's family and Ratnagiri's family is because, one of Gandhimathi's ancestor had lost the temple's ownership in gambling to the Pattalathar family. Since then, the two families fight for the temple.

The trouble unfolds when Ulaganathan (Gandhimadhi's son and heir to the property) falls in love with Annamalai. Using this opportunity, Gandhimadhi demands the Pattalathar's family to transfer the property deeds of the Annamalaiyar temple to her family after which Ulaganathan (Shyam Ganesh) will marry Annamalai. Thavasi (Sivakumar) the eldest son of Patalathar is the one who holds the deeds of the Annamalaiyar temple. Thavasi is very fond of his sister Annamalai and for the sake of her happiness, he promises to transfer the deeds of Annamalaiyar temple to Gandhimadhi's family without the knowledge of Pattalathar.

After which Ulaganathan and Annamalai are married. Then the serial takes a turn when a murder occurs in their village and with schemes of Bhargavi (K. S. Jayalakshmi) who is the servant of Gandhimathi, Annamalai faces a series of hurdles and problems, but still loves and cares for her family.

On the other hand, Gomathinayagam (Ponvannan) and Shanthi (Viji Chandrashekar) are siblings and the illegitimate children of Pattalathar. They vow to take revenge on Pattalathar and his family as the latter had deserted them due to his several misunderstandings with their mother Thangamma. Shanthi also falls in love with Ulaganathan one-sidedly mistaking his genuine care for love. She vows to separate Annamalai and Ulaganathan due to her obsession for him. Gomathi is married to Valliammai alias Valli (Devadarshini), the younger sister of Ulaganathan who is a childish and immature woman by nature.

Later on, the story progresses to Chennai from Azhwarkurichi and portrays as to how Annamalai acts as an important character in building a bridge and ending all the misunderstandings the two families have had between them.

Cast

Main cast

Pattalathar Family

Gandhimadhi Family

Anbhazhagan Family

Mandiramoorthy Family

Anwar Family

Kathiresan Family

Sakthi Family

Diwakar Family

Miscellaneous

Original soundtrack

Title song

It was written by famous lyricist Vairamuthu. It was sung by K. S. Chithra, KK and M. L. R. Karthikeyan.

Soundtrack

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Uyirgal Pirapathu
(உயிர்கள் பிறப்பது) Title Song"		 Vairamuthu Dhina K. S. Chithra, KK, M. L. R. Karthikeyan3:30
2."Sevvana Veedhiyil
(செவ்வான வீதியில்)"		 Vairamuthu Dhina K. S. Chithra, M. L. R. Karthikeyan3:30

References

  1. ↑ "Annamalai Serial Page". www.nettv4u.com.
  2. ↑ G, Ambica (24 March 2019). "What Happened To The Progressive Tamil Serials We Grew Up With?". Feminism In India.
  3. ↑ "Archive News". The Hindu.
  4. 1 2 "Prem's passion for police". The Times of India .
  5. 1 2 "Vijay Adhiraj Playing Anwar in Annamalai Serial". The Hindu . 1 July 2004.[ dead link ]
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