Maari (TV series)

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Maari
Genre
Written byDharmalingam (Dialogue)
Screenplay by
    • Sargunam Pungaraj
    • Muthuraja
    • APG Madhu
Directed by
    • Rathinam Vasudevan
Starring
    • Ashika Padukone
    • Adarsh HS
    • Nakshatra Srinivas
    • Sugesh Rajendran
Country of origin India
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes1000+ [1] [2] [3] [4]
Production
Producer
    • Shruthi Narayanan
    • Vinodha Narayanan
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companyShruthi Studios
Original release
Network Zee Tamil
Release4 July 2022 (2022-07-04) 
present

Maari is a 2022 Indian-Tamil language Supernatural television series. The first season of the series starred Ashika Padukone and Adarsh HS. The main plot of the series was taken from Bengali language Zee Bangla's series Trinayani . [5]

Contents

Currently the second season of the series follows the 5-year leap and continuation of first season and it stars Nakshatra Srinivas, Sugesh Rajendran, Baby Anjali in the leads. The story revolves around a girl named Maari, who can foresee the future. It premiered on Zee Tamil from 4 July 2022. [6]

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 8254 July 2022 (2022-07-04)27 January 2025 (2025-01-27)
2 present28 January 2025 (2025-01-28)Ongoing

Plot

Season 1

The story revolves around Maari, a simple small town girl. She can not only see and interact with ghosts, but can also see the future and foresee impending dangers. Surya's dead mother went to see Maari as a soul and requested her to protect Surya from dying. Maari goes on to marry Surya under unusual circumstances and turns out to be his saviour. Maari is murdered by Thara from a personal grudge. Following this murder, the spirit of Maari travels to Yamaloka, where she comes upon the plight of Yama's daughter, putting her life on the line to save her. This act of Maari earns affection and respect of both Yama and his wife. Later it is discovered by Yama that Chitragupta had made mistake in Maari's life which ultimately led to her untimely death. To resolve this mistake, he gives Maari's spirit the chance to return to her body to live this second chance. But when Yama and Maari's spirit started to go to Maari's body, it was found out that her husband, Surya, had already burned it. To make things right, Yama offers Maari a chance to possess any one out of the three women named Jennifer, Durga and Gayatri. Then Yama and his wife find the fortune of all the three women and finds out that Durga's body is the apt one because as per Durga's fortune, she is courageous and bold police constable, who exposes a corrupt politician named Rathnavelu, who had illegally embezzled money and killed his own daughter-in-law. This act of bravery leads to a personal grudge from Rathnavelu, who, in a fit of rage, murders Durga.

Season 2

Upon Durga's brutal death, Yama instructs the spirit of Maari to enter and take control of Durga's body and Maari does the same. After possession, Durga is to be the bearer of Maari's spirit; however, Maari, who inhabits Durga's form, for a while cannot recall her former existence. Yama gives Maari to understand that the memories will only come back once she has linked up with her husband and daughter from another life. How Durga possessed by Maari reunites with her husband and daughter and save them from the impending dangers forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Season 1

Main
Recurring
Special Appearances
  • Meera Krishna as Devi
    • A Spirit. Surya's mother; Jagadeesh's first wife
  • Sudha Chandran as Chamundeshwari
    • Jagadeesh's elder sister (2022 & 2024)
  • Vanitha Vijayakumar as Shakunthala
    • Surya's relative (2022 & 2023)
  • Pandiarajan as Rajan
    • Shakunthala's husband (2022)
  • Krishnapriya K Nair as Meena
    • Maari's friend; Rajan and Shakunthala's daughter (2022 & 2024)
  • Nimesh Sagar as Meena's husband (2022 & 2024)
  • Devayani as Muthu Pechi (2023)
  • Keerthana as Amman (2023)

Season 2

Main
Recurring
Special Appearances

Production

Casting

Actress Ashika Padukone was cast as Maari, She was reprising her role of Telugu version Trinayani serial, [7] making her comeback to Tamil Television after Tamil Selvi nearly two years. Newcomer Actor Adarsh HS was cast as the male lead role as Surya. Abitha was cast as Maari and Sreeja's mother Deivanai, marking her return after Lakshmi Stores . [8] On 4 July 2022, Vanitha Vijayakumar and Pandiarajan were cast as special Appearances. [9] In September 2022, Sudha Chandran was cast as Chamundeshwari in Special Appearances. [10]

Actress Sona Heiden [11] was cast as main antagonist Thara, but was replaced by Sadhana in May 2023. [12] In Same month, Mukesh Kanna quit the show saying, "never got a chance to showcase my performance and skills as an actor, I never got to work for more than 2-3 days a month".

In 2022, actress Dheepthi Kapil entered the show as Surya's new love interest. [13] However, she also left resulting in Mounika Subramaniyam to play the role in March 2023. [14] In May 2023, actress Devayani was cast as special Appearances. [15] In July 2023, actor Arun Padmanaban joins the cast as Mrugan. [16]

In January 2025, a five-year leap was introduced with which several new characters entered in the show and became pivotal characters. Anjana aka Nakshatra Srinivas, Sugesh Rajendran were introduced as leads of the five-year leap who play PC Durga IPS and Surya. [17] In end of January, actor Surjith joins the cast as Ramesh. [18]

Promotion

Zee Tamil was promoted their new three fictions Meenakshi Ponnunga , Amudhavum Annalakshmiyum and including this series by making advertisement with popular film actress Sneha, Sangeetha and Saranya Ponvannan with the slogan 'Vanga Paarkalaam Ithu Namma Time' (வாங்க பார்க்கலாம் இது நம்ம நேரம்) and this promo released on 26 June 2022. [19]

Awards

AwardCategoryRecipientRole
Zee Tamil Kudumbam Viruthugal 2022 [20] Best Serial
Best Villi Sona Heiden Thara
Best Supporting ActressShabnamHasini
People's Choice Face of The YearAshika PadukoneMaari
Zee Tamil Kudumbam Viruthugal 2023 [21] Best Actor FemaleAshika PadukoneMaari
Best ComedianGaneshSankarapandi

Adaptations

LanguageTitleOriginal releaseNetwork(s)Last airedNotes
Bengali Trinayani
ত্রিনয়নী
4 March 2019 Zee Bangla 26 July 2020Original
Odia Dibyadrushti
ଦିବ୍ୟାଡ୍ରଷ୍ଟି
6 January 2020 Zee Sarthak 16 July 2022Remake
Telugu Trinayani
త్రినయని
2 March 2020 Zee Telugu 25 January 2025
Punjabi Nayan - Jo Vekhe Unvekha
ਨਯਨ - ਜੋ ਵੇਖੇ ਉਨਵੇਖਾ
3 January 2022 Zee Punjabi 23 March 2024
Tamil Maari
மாரி
4 July 2022 Zee Tamil Ongoing
Marathi Satvya Mulichi Satavi Mulgi
सातव्या मुलीची सातवी मुलगी
12 September 2022 Zee Marathi 21 December 2024
Malayalam Parvathy
പാർവതി
12 June 2023 Zee Keralam 30 September 2024

References

  1. "Popular TV show 'Maari' completes 200 episodes". The Times of India . Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. "Popular TV show 'Maari' completes 500 episodes". The Times of India . Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. "Ashika Padukone and Adarsh starrer 'Maari' completes 800 episodes". The Times of India . Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  4. "Anjana Sreenivasan and Sugesh Rajendran starrer Maari completes 1000 episodes". The Times of India . Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  5. "Tamil version of Bengali TV show Trinayani serial on Zee Tamil". The Times of India . Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  6. "New show 'Maari' on Zee Tamil". The Times of India . Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  7. "Playing the same character again isn't tiring; I find ways to present my role in a new way: Ashika Padukone". The Times of India . Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  8. Deepa S. "மீண்டும் சீரியலில் ரீ-என்ட்ரி.. ஆனா இந்த முறை ஜீ தமிழ் சேனல்ல நடிக்கறாங்க திருமதி செல்வம்!". Filmibeat (in Tamil). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  9. "Bigg Boss Tamil fame actress Vanitha Vijaykumar enters TV show 'Maari'". The Times of India . Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  10. Deepa S. "மாரி சீரியலில் மாஸ் என்ட்ரி கொடுக்கும் பிரபல நடிகை சுதா சந்திரன்.. அஞ்சி நடுங்க போகும் தாரா - அப்படி என்ன கேரக்டரில் நடிக்கிறார் தெரியுமா??". Samayam (in Tamil). Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  11. "Tamil actors Sona Heiden and Mukesh Kanna quit TV show 'Maari'". The Times of India . Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  12. "Actress Sadhana aka Shari enters TV show 'Maari'". The Times of India . Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  13. "Tamil serial actress Dheepthi Kapil announces her exit from TV show 'Maari'". The Times of India . Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  14. "Sembaruthi fame actress Mounika Subramaniyam enters TV show 'Maari'". The Times of India . Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  15. "Devayani Raaja Kumaran joins the cast of 'Maari'". The Times of India . Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  16. "Television actor Arun Padmanaban joins the cast of 'Maari'". The Times of India . Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  17. "மாரி 2 தொடரில் இணையும் பிரபலங்கள்!". Dinamani (in Tamil). Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  18. "Actor Surjith joins the cast of popular tamil serial Maari 2". The Times of India . Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  19. "கோவிலுக்கு வந்த இடத்தில் சீரியல் கதை.. சினேகா - சங்கீதா - சரண்யா கொடுத்த ஷாக்!". News18 (in Tamil).
  20. "Zee Kutumbam Viruthugal Awards 2023 to air on January 14". The Times of India . 12 January 2023.
  21. "Diwali arrives early with Zee Tamil". Medianews4U. 4 November 2023.