Heart Beat (TV series)

Heart Beat
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Genre	Medical drama Romantic drama
Written by	Deepak Sundarrajan
Directed by	Deepak Sundarrajan Adbul Kabeez Chidambaram Manivannan
Starring	Deepa Balu Anumol Charukesh
Narrated by	Deepa Balu
Composer	Saran Raghavan
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	164
Production
Executive producer	RJ Shyam Sundar
Producers	Padmini Velu Rajavelu
Production location	Chennai
Cinematography	Regimel Surya Thomas K. Santhosa Pandi
Editors	Vignesh Arjun Sreedhar M Srinivasan K
Running time	18-30 minutes
Production company	A Tele Factory
Original release
Network	JioHotstar
Release	8 March 2024 (2024-03-08) – present

Heart Beat is an Indian Tamil-language medical drama series starring Deepa Balu and Anumol, Charukesh. The series is written by Deepak Sundarrajan and directed by Deepak Sundarrajan, Adbul Kabeez and Chidambaram Manivannan for JioHotstar. ^[1] The series is similar to the popular US drama series, New Amsterdam and Grey's Anatomy . ^[2] It focuses on the personal and professional lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings at the fictional RK Multispeciality Hospital. ^[2] It premiered on JioHotstar on 8 March 2024 and also dubbed simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi languages.

The first season of the series premiered on 8 March 2024 and ended on 23 August 2024 with 100 episodes. It also aired on Star Vijay from 24 November 2024 on every Sunday.

The second season of this series is scheduled to premiered on 22 May 2025. ^[3]

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	100		8 March 2024 (2024-03-08)	23 August 2024 (2024-08-23)
2	64		22 May 2025 (2025-05-22)	present

Synopsis

Season 1

The series follows the life of Reena, the estranged daughter of renowned general surgeon Radhi, starting from her acceptance into the surgical residency program at the fictional RK Hospital. The hospital was established by RK, whose son Arjun becomes Reena's love interest. During her time as an intern, Reena works alongside fellow physicians Teju, Naveen, Rocky, Guna, and senior interns Anitha and Ravi, who each struggle to balance their personal lives with hectic schedules and stressful residency requirements. During their internship, they are overseen by Dr. Radhi, whose life complicates after Reena is revealed to be her daughter from her past life.

Season 2

Season 2 opens with Radhi adjusting to life outside the hospital after stepping away from her duties, while Reena struggles under the new leadership of Arjun, the recently appointed CEO. Encouraged by her children and her own sense of purpose, Radhi reclaims her role. The story follows Radhi and Reena dealing with their past, fuelled by the arrival of Reena's biological father and Radhi's past love interest, Dr. Vijay.

Cast

Cast and character appearances in Heartbeat (TV series)

Actor	Character	Season 1	Season 2
Deepa Balu	Dr.Reena Vijay	Main	Main
Anumol	Dr.Radhi Thiyagarajan	Main	Main
Charukesh	Arjun	Main	Main
Yogalakshmi	Dr.Tejasri "Teju"	Main	Main
Sabaresh	Dr.Ramakrishna "Rocky"	Main	Main
T. M. Karthik	Dr.Preetham		Main
Karthik Kumar	Dr.Vijay		Main
Amit Bhargav	Madhan	Main	Recurring
Jayarao	RK	Main
Mohan Raman	Thiyagarajan / "Thayagu"	Guest	Main
RG Ram	Dr.Naveen	Main	Main
Gurulakshman	Dr.Ravi	Main
Padine Kumar	Dr.Anitha	Main	Main
Sharmila Thapa	Aruna	Main	Main
Sarvhaa	Dr.Guna	Main	Main
Chandrasekar Koneru	Dev	Main	Main
Diyansh K	Sid	Main	Main
Riya Manoj	Divya "Divi"	Main	Main
Ashwathy Agnihothri	Manasa		Main
Akshathaa Ajit	Dr.Nilofer		Main
Shivaraman M	Dr.Kiran		Main
Abdool Lee	Dr.Kamalakannan		Main
Roshni	Amaya / Abinaya "Abi"		Main
Kavithalayaa Krishnan	Ganesh	Main	Main
Devishree	Sharadha	Main	Main
Sindhu Shyam	Jennifer	Recurring	Recurring
Giri Dwarakish	Dr.Ramanathan "Cinema Doctor"	Recurring	Recurring
Syamantha Kiran	Suchitra Madhan "Suchi"	Recurring	Recurring
Varshini Suresh	Sonia	Recurring	Recurring
Sherin Farhana	Young Sonia	Recurring	Recurring
Samridha Sam	Agalya Madhan	Recurring	Recurring
Riyaz Khan	Suryakant	Guest	Guest
Aruljothi Arockiaraj	Charu	Main	Recurring
Revathi Elango	Bharathi	Main
Gaayathri Krishnan	Rani	Few Ep
Bose Venkat	Vinisha's father	Few Ep
Saravanan Rajavel	—	Few Ep
Yogi	Murugan	Few Ep
Dasarathy	MNM	Few Ep
Roshan A	Young Vijay		Few Ep
Sachana Namidass	Young Radhi Thiyagarajan		Few Ep
Kanishka Vijaykumar	Young Reena	Few Ep	Few Ep
Indumathy Manikandan	Pallavi	Guest

Production

Development

The series was announced by JioHotstar in early 2024, following the popularity of other Tamil web series such as Mathagam and Label . ^[4] It was slated to be a medical drama titled Heart Beat, written and directed by Deepak Sundarrajan, and produced by Padmini Velu and Rajavelu for A Tele Factory. ^{[5] [6]}

Casting

Malayalam actress Anumol, who cast to play a pivotal role in the series. ^{[7] [8]}

Release

The first trailer was released on 9 February 2024 featuring to Deepa Balu as Reena, a medical intern on her first day at work. ^[9] It was announced on 11 February that the series would be released in Tamil and dubbed into other Indian languages. ^[10] It was also given a release date of 8 March 2024, coinciding with International Women's Day. ^[11]

Soundtrack

The theme song was released 25 January 2024 on YouTube. ^[12]

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Heartbeat Paattu"	Super Subu	Madley Blues (Harish Venkat and Prashanth) [13]	Harish Venkat	0:55

References

1. "Hotstar Specials 'Heart Beat' gets a streaming date". The Hindu . 10 February 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
2. "Heart Beat Review: India's Grey's Anatomy Fails To Make A Mark Due To Sloppy Storytelling". Times Now. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
3. "Deepa Balu and Anumol starrer 'Heart Beat 2' to launch Soon". The Times of India . 3 April 2025.
4. "Release date of Heart beat, a series about doctors". ABP News (in Tamil). 12 February 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
5. "New web series in Disney Hotstar". Cineulagam (in Tamil). 10 March 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
6. "Heart Beat - Disney+ Hotstar announces a new Tamil medical drama". OTT play. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
7. Tamil, Hindu (10 March 2024). "Anumol's 'Heart beat' series grabs attention". The Hindu (in Tamil). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
8. Tamil, Hindu (31 January 2024). "Song released for Heat beat series". The Hindu (in Tamil). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
9. "Disney+ Hotstar series Heart Beat gets a release date". Cinema Express. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
10. "Heart beat to premiere on March 8 on Disney Hotstar". Daily Thanthi (in Tamil). 13 February 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
11. "Heart Beat OTT release date - Tamil medical drama will be out for streaming on THIS platform". OTT play. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
12. "Disney Hotstar web series Heat beat theme song released". Kumudam (in Tamil). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
13. "This is Heart beat song". ABP news (in Tamil). 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

External links

• Heart Beat at IMDb