Muthazhagu

Muthazhagu
Genre	Drama
Written by	S.M Madhumitha
Directed by	Thamizhan Nagarajan
Starring	Aashish Chakravarthi Vaishali Thaniga Shobana
Theme music composer	James Vasanth
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	390
Production
Producer	Prabhakaran Vijayakumar
Camera setup	Multi-Camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Falcon Television Media
Release
Original network	Star Vijay
Original release	15 November 2021 (2021-11-15) – present

Muthazhagu is a 2021 Indian-Tamil language soap opera starring Aashish Chakravarthi, Vaishali Thaniga and Shobana. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The main plot of the story is taken from Star Maa's Telugu serial Devatha. The show was premiered on 15 November 2021, and airs on Star Vijay and is also available on the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar.

Plot

The story revolves around a young village girl named Muthazhagu who is quite dynamic, though poor. She lives in a neighborhood with her father, stepmother, and siblings. Notwithstanding her current situation, she strives to make her family feel comfortable, sacrificed, and content with her own desires.

Bhoominathan, a wealthy young man, meets Muthazhagu. Muthazhagu is genuinely liked and valued by Bhoominathan's mother. She wishes to assist Muthazhagu and has been through a lot in her life. Muthazhagu and Bhoominathan's lifestyles and goals are incompatible.

Despite their disagreements, the young couple marries. The story takes a twist where Anjali, his ex-lover from college, is revealed to be alive and enters their newly-wed life as his first wife who he married in secret.

Cast

Main

• Shobana ^[4] as Muthuazhagu Boominathan – Bhoominathan's 2nd wife (2021–present); a hard-working girl who is poor, but tries to make ends meet for her family
• Vaishali Taniga as Anjali Bhoominathan – Bhoominathan's lover and 1st wife (2021–present); She is rich, adamant, very eager to separate Muthazhagu for Bhoominathan's life and to throw her out of the family.
• Aashish Chakravarthi as Bhoominathan – Pechiammal's son, both Anjali & Muthuzhagu’s husband (2021–present);
• Lakshmi Vasudevan as Pechiammal Veeramuthu: Veeramuthu's 1st wife/Bhoominathan's mother (2021–present); she is selfish and adamant, but cares for Bhoomi and wants the best for him.

Recurring

• Shalini Rajan as Thamizh – Pechiammal's daughter/ Bhoominathan's younger sister/ Maruthu's wife. She is ambitious, genuine and rich girl.
• Surjith Ansary as Maruthu – Muthazhagu's half brother/ Thamizh's husband. He has feelings of love to Thamizh. He is ambitious, calm and poor boy; He works a part-time job at a mechanical shop.
• Deepa Nethran as Sornam – Bhoominathan's elderly maternal aunt/Senthil's mother
• Anand Babu as Veeramuthu – Bhoominathan's father; he hates Muthazhagu and his family because she is poor.
• Rajmohan as Sivanesan ^[5]
• Rekha Suresh as Pandiammal – Sivanesan's wife; she hated Muthazhagu for being poor and is waiting for a chance to separate Muthazhagu and throw him out of the house.
• Shanthi as Thilaga – Muthazhagu's step-mother/Maruthu and Thangam's mother; She is greedy.
• Dhakshana as Thangam – Muthazhagu's step-sister
• Ganesh as Malaisaamy – Muthazhagu's father
• Mahesh Subramaniam as Amudhan – Shenbagam's ex love interest/Bhoominathan's younger brother/Sweetha's husband
• Sailu Imran as Shenbagam – Sivanesan's daughter/Amudhan's ex love interest/Senthil's wife, who is made to marry Senthil because Anjali bribed Sivanesan and made him marry her off.
• KPY Sarath as Sodakku – Bhoominathan's close friend.
• Samyuthaa as Swetha - Amudhan's wife, who has no interest in him as he is uneducated.
• Karthik Sriram as Senthil - Sornam's son/Shenbagam's husband
• Chandru as Vimal (dead) - Pandiammal's and Sivanesan's son; he tries to marry Tamizh, but he fails. He vows to get revenge on Muthazhagu, Bhoomi, Tamizh and Maruthu. He tries to abduct Tamizh but ends up dying when Muthazhagu stabs him in self-defence whilst Tamizh watches. The two cover the murder up.

Production

Newcomer Aashish Chakravarthi, winner of Mr. Chennai International 2019, was selected to play the male lead of Boominathan, whilst Shobhana was chosen to play the role of Muthazhagu making her debut in Tamil television dramas. Lakshmi Vasudevan was chosen to play Bhoomi's mother.

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes
Telugu	Devatha - Anubandhala Alayam దేవత - అనుబంధాల ఆలయం	17 August 2020	Star Maa	11 November 2022	Original
Kannada	Rukku ರುಕ್ಕು	4 January 2021	Star Suvarna	14 May 2021	Remake
Tamil	Muthuzhagu முத்துழகு	15 November 2021	Star Vijay	Ongoing
Bengali	Sandhya Tara সন্ধ্যা তারা	12 June 2023	Star Jalsha

References

1. "NEW SERIAL IN VIJAY TV ANNOUNCED; HEART-MELTING PROMO LEAVES FANS TEARY-EYED!". 19 October 2021.
2. "Muthazhagu to narrate the story of a hardworking village belle". The Times of India. 15 November 2021.
3. "Star Vijay to air new serial 'Muthazhagu' in the afternoon time slot from 15th November". 11 November 2021.
4. "யாருப்பா அந்த முத்தழகு? புதிய சீரியலை களமிறக்கும் விஜய் டிவி!". 19 October 2021.
5. "சீரியல் நடிகராக களமிறங்கிய ராஜ்மோகன்! என்ன சீரியல் தெரியுமா?".

External links

• Muthazhagu serial on Hotstar