Kula Deivam (TV series)

For 1956 tamil film, see Kula Deivam.

Kula Deivam
Genre	Soap opera
Written by	Dialogue by Arumugam.karu
Screenplay by	Baskar Sakthi
Directed by	Thirumurugan
Creative director	Thirumurugan
Starring	T. S. B. K. Moulee Vadivukkarasi Srithika Saneesh Surjith Ansary Sangavi Jeyachandran
Theme music composer	Sanjeev Rathan
Opening theme	"Achuvellam Pacharasi Mavilakku"
Composer	Sanjeevrathan
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	897
Production
Producers	Saroja Muniyandi Jyothi Thirumurugan
Cinematography	Sarath Chandar
Editors	Prem Manikandan Ravi
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 20-22 minutes per episode
Production company	Thiru Pictures
Original release
Network	Sun TV
Release	11 May 2015 (2015-05-11) – 13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) [1]

Kula Deivam is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera directed by Thirumurugan and starring T. S. B. K. Moulee, Vadivukkarasi and Srithika Saneesh. ^[2] It was broadcast on Sun TV from Monday to Saturday from 11 May 2015 to 13 April 2018 for 897 Episodes. ^{[3] [4]} The show started to re-telecast on Kalaignar TV from 5 September 2022 Monday to Saturday 11:30AM–12:00PM. The show replaced Nadhaswaram and is replaced by Kalyana Veedu.

Synopsis

It follows the story of the couple Sundram and Gnanambal who stays together with their children and grandchildren. Problems arise in their close-knit family when the different generations clash with each other.

Gnanambal lives in a village with her daughter Alamelu, who loves her very much. In the same village, resides her other two elder children, Doraipandi and Mangalasundari. Doraipandi is married to Nirmala and has two sons, Amudhan and Vetrivel. Mangalasundari is married to Karunakaran who works in the ships, and they have two daughters, Kayalvizhi and Velvizhi. Both Doraipandi and Mangalasundari hate their mother Gnanambal, believing her to be a woman of low-dignity, due to a misunderstanding in an incident in the past. Gnanambal longs for their love, but they have no respect for her. They are also not fond of Alamelu staying with her, and forbid their children from meeting or interacting with her. Doraipandi believes that his mother’s actions are the reason that their father, Sundaram left them.

In reality, Sundaram, lives as Arunachalam in Chennai, and is a big businessman. He has two children, Keshav and Kalpana. Keshav is married to Aarti, and have to children, the spoilt brat Rohit and Ananya. Kalpana is married to Agustine and they have 3 daughters, Shreya, Shruti and Shewtha. Actually, Sundram assumed the name Arunachalam after his friend. Years ago, Sundaram left Ganambal and his children in search of work. He meets Arunachalam, a street vendor and works in his shop and befriends him. Arunachalam married a woman, against her parents’ wishes, and both eloped. They have two children Keshav and Kalpana, whom he had not met yet. He is due to meet them in a few days time. In a turn of events, Arunachalam is killed by his village people and Sundaram, wearing glasses just like Arunachalam, is assumed as their father by Keshav and Kalpana. Not wanting to hurt the children’s feelings, Sundaram becomes Arunachalam.

Not knowing any truth, Alamelu works in Arunachalam’s office. Slowly the truth comes out. The grandchildren are happily united. Doraipandi and Managala too get to know that their mother was framed by a worker in the past and unite with her. While Kalpana turns over a new leaf and agrees to share the property with Doraipandi, Mangala and Alamelu, Keshav resists. Many events occur and in the end the family reunites and the show ends with Alamelu’s marriage with Aadhavan.

Cast

Main

• T. S. B. K. Moulee as Sundaram/Arunachalam (Male lead)
• Vadivukkarasi as Gnanambal Sundaram (Female lead)
• Srithika Saneesh as Alamelu Sundaram (Female lead)
• Sharvan Rajesh as Aadhavan

Supporting

• Anjana K R / Ranjana Nachiyaar as Kalpana Augustine
• Raghavan Durairaj as Karunakaran
• Ashwanth Karthi as Mahendran
• D.S.Parthi as Boopalan
• Aravamudhan as Augustine
• Sateesh Kumar as Keshav Arunachalam (Main Antagonist; Died in Serial, killed by Aarthi)
• Rani as Aarthi Keshav
• Shanthi Arvind as Mangalasundari Karunakaran
• Surjith Ansary as Amudhan Doraipaandi
• Sangavi Jeyachandran as Kayalvizhi Karunakaran, Harshan’s ex-wife
• Bavithran G (Bavithran.Bavin) as Rohit Keshav, Keshav’s son, Manmadhan
• Sreepriya Ilayaraj as Keerthy Rohit, Rohit’s late wife
• Hema Rajkumar as Shobana
• R.J Shoba as Nimmu alias Nirmala Doraipaandi ^[5]
• B.Venkat Subramanian as Nathan
• S.Rajasekar as Peter, Augustine Father
• Vara Lakshmi as Esther, Augustine Mother
• VJ Sasikala Nagarajan as Seetha
• Giridhar Thirumalachary as Sivagiri (Nathan's father)
• Jayashree Nair as Nathan's mother
• Kannan as Niranjan, Psycho Killer (Antagonist, Jailed)
• Ashok Kumar as Daas
• Ganesh Babu ^[6] as Doraipaandi
• Birla Bose as Arunachalam (Killed by Thyagu)
• Rajkanth as Inspector Ranjith (Antagonist; Died in serial, Killed by Gnanambal)
• Ganesh SD as 'Fresh' Praveen (Antagonist; Jailed)
• Sreedharan Gopalan as Harshan, Kayalvizhi’s ex-husband
• Aishwarya Ramsai as Ananya Keshav
• Madhumitha Illayaraja as Velvizhi Karunakaran
• Geetha Narayanan as Kodeeswari
• K.G.Vinodkumar as Engineer Saravanan (Antagonist; Died in serial, Killed by Thyagu)
• Ishitha Varsha as IPS Shenbaga (Assistant Commissioner of Police)
• Kavya as Sudha (Killed by Inspector Ranjith)
• Yazar Hammed as Vetrivel Doraipaandi
• Kaviya as Shreya Siddharth
• Dacutt as Siddharth
• Ashwin Kumar as Arjun
• Pavithra Janani as Shruthi
• Boopathy Raja as Thyagu (Antagonist; Died in serial, Killed by Gnanambal)
• Iyappan Unni as Gokul (Software Engineer)
• Anu Parami / Premi as Thangam
• Sivalingam Babu as Aadhavan's father
• Revathee Shankar as Aadhavan's mother
• Karthik as Perumal
• Muneesh Raja as Mumoorthy (Mumu)
• Arunadevi as Young Gnanambal
• Devi Teju as Lathika (Aarthi's friend, Died in Serial, killed by Niranjan)
• Krishna Kumar as Lathika's Husband

Production

Speaking about the series, director Thirumurugan said, "Unlike Nadhaswaram, which was entirely shot in a small village, Kula Deivam will have a city connect. There are two families -one is in the rural areas and the other is from the city. How these two families function differently is the main plot of this mega series. I have also sketched characters from three different generations. How they connect with each other is also one of the plots." ^[2]

Original soundtrack

Title song

It was written by lyricist Palani Bharathi, composed by music director Sanjeev Rathan, and was sung by Anand, Anitha Karthikeyan.

Soundtrack

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Achuvellam Pacharasi Mavilakku (அச்சுவெல்லம் பச்சரிசி மாவிளக்கு)"	Palani Bharathi	Anand, Anitha Karthikeyan	3:26

Ratings

According to BARC ratings (Tamil Nadu + Puducherry)' Mega Serial household television ratings, the pilot episode week of That's Kula Deivam earned a averaging 13.8% rating. While the final episode week scored an 8.5% rating. ^[7] It became one of the most watched tamil television program. In week 42 of 2017 and the following week, it was at fifth and fourth position. ^{[8] [9]}

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2018	1st Galatta Nakshathra Awards	Best Actress	Srithika	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	T. S. B. K. Moulee	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Rani	Nominated

See also

• List of programs broadcast by Sun TV

References

1. "Kula Deivam serial comes to an end with success celebrations on 15th April". The Times of India. 14 April 2018.
2. "Gopi is back with yet another family drama". The Times of India. 18 May 2015.
3. "Kuladeivam Thirumurugans new serial". Dinamalar .
4. "Kuladeivam new serial on Sun TV". tamil.filmibeat.com.
5. "Alamu wants be villi". tamil.filmibeat.co.
6. "Ganesh Babu Returns to Small screen". Dinamalar .
7. "Tamil trp ratings 2017" (in Tamil). www.tholaikatchi.in/. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
8. "BARC Tamil shows TRP week 42: Television premiere of Vijay Theri leads the list of top five programmes". News Nation .
9. "BARC Tamil Shows TRP week 43 Pichaikkaran Deiva Magal Nandini top five programmes". News Nation.

External links

• Official Website (in English)