Ninaithale Inikkum (TV series)

Ninaithale Inikkum
Genre	Drama Family
Written by	Dialogues M.R. Ponn Elango
Screenplay by	E. Ashokan
Directed by	N. Priyan
Starring	Swathi Sharma Anand Selvan
Theme music composer	J. V.
Opening theme	"Ada dada dada dada Adhirasam"
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	470
Production
Producer	S. Sabreesh Kumar
Cinematography	Martin Jo
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 15–20 minutes per episode
Production company	Monk Studios
Release
Original network	Zee Tamil
Original release	23 August 2021 (2021-08-23) – present

Ninaithale Inikkum (transl. It's sweet, when we think) is an Indian Tamil-language television drama airing on Zee Tamil and streams on ZEE5. The series has been produced by Monk Studios and directed by N. Priyan. ^[1] It premiered on 23 August 2021 and starring Swathi Sharma and Anand Selvan. ^[2] The series is an official remake of Zee Bangla TV series Mithai .

Plot

Bommi is a joyous, naughty woman whose father is dead and her mother Krishnaveni have a serious stomach problem. Bommi father's brother Azhagesan is innocent whereas his wife Sakunthala is cruel to Bommi. Sakunthala wants her brother Thavamani to marry Bommi but he is a criminal, So Krishnaveni and Bommi avoids him. Meanwhile, Siddharth (Sid) is a silent, reserved man who lost his mother at very young age, he thinks that his mother's death is because of his father, so he never talks to him. His family consists of his grandpa Deivanayagam; his grandma Anjali Devi; father Padmanaban; paternal aunt Valarmathi; paternal uncle Chidambaram; cousin brothers Vinay and Lokesh; sister Ramya and his own sister Dharshini. He obeys his grandfather because who supported his mother during her final days. Tamannah, a colleague and friend of Sid, also loves him but Sid doesn't reciprocate her feelings.

One day Thavamani tried to wed Bommi one day, but she dumped him and left the home with her mother, Krishnaveni and brother, Gopi. Krishnaveni told Bommi that we can reside in Deivanayagam's home because she is the best friend of his daughter-in-law Annalakshmi, so Bommi was advised by Krishnaveni that we might move in. In the flaskback, Annalakshmi offered Krishnaveni an ancestral chain requesting that their offspring marry each other to keep their friendship strong., but Deivanayagam's family did relocate to Chennai though for their business to succeed, hence Annalakshmi's request was not fulfilled. In the present, Krishnaveni went to Deivanayagam's house, Deivanayagam's son Padmanabham was adamant about not letting them in, but Sid agreed because she was his mother's friend. In accordance to Annalakshmi's wish, Deivanayagam decides for Bommi to wed Jagadeesh (Annalakshmi's adopted son). Due to Padmanabhan's evil plan, Jagadeesh quits the wedding while the wedding ceremony is still being performed, because Jagadeesh is an adopted son so Padmanabhan has always disliked him. Thus Sid chose to marry Bommi to not spoil Deivanayagam's reputation. In the end, Sid decides to take Bommi as his wife and enters the home to exact revenge on her. Now Sid and Bommi, slowly fall in love.

This story, which is rich in culture, is about love, family ties, and traditional sweets from Tamil Nadu. The narrative depicts Bommi and Sid's life.

Cast

Main

• Swathi Sharma as Bommi and Rani (Dual Role)
  • Bommi – A sweet making woman from a poor background, entered as a daughter-in-law in Anjali Sweets family. She delivers the sweets in a motor cycle as Ganapathy Sweets for her late father's wish. She was Siddharth's wife; Krishnaveni's daughter; Gopi's elder sister; Padmanaban and Annalakshmi's daughter-in-law; Ramya, Dharshini and Vinay's sister-in-law. She was dead, killed by Tamannah, Mano, Savithri, Nethra, Thavamani and Raghuvaran.(2021-2023;dead/2023-present;ghost)
  • Rani – Bommi's look alike, who acts as Boomi in Anjali Sweets family to believe them all that Bommi was alive.(2023 - present)
• Anand Selvan as Siddharth – A rich businessman, hates his father and sweets after his mother's death. His family was popular in sweet selling under the banner Anjali Sweets, but he did not involved in it.
  • Bommi's husband; Deivanayagam and Anjali Devi's grandson; Padmanaban and Annalakshmi's son; Dharshini's elder brother; Ramya and Vinay's paternal cousin elder brother and Lokesh's maternal cousin brother

Recurring

• Suresh Krishnamurthy as Deivanayagam: The Anjali Sweets founder; Anjali Devi's husband; grandfather of Siddharth, Ramya, Dharshini, Vinay and Lokesh; father of Padmanaban, Chidambaram and Valarmathi; father-in-law of Annalakshmi, Savithri, Sivagami and Raghuvaran
• Hema Srikanth as Anjali Devi: Deivanayagam's wife; grandmother of Siddharth, Ramya, Dharshini, Vinay and Lokesh; mother of Padmanaban, Chidambaram and Valarmathi; mother-in-law of Annalakshmi, Savithri, Sivagami and Raghuvaran
• Bala Subramanian as Padmanaban: Deivanayagam and Anjali Devi's elder son; Annalakshmi and Savithri's husband; Chithambaram and Valarmathi's elder brother; Siddharth, Dharshini and Mano's father; Jagadeesh's adopted father; Bommi, Preethi, Nivas and Tamannah's father-in-law
• Deepa Nethran as Annalakshmi: Padmanaban's wife; Deivanayagam and Anjali Devi's daughter-in-law; Siddharth and Dharshini's mother; Jagadeesh's adopted mother; Bommi, Preethi and Nivas's mother-in-law (Deceased)
• Dr. Sharmila as Savithri: Padmanaban's second wife Deivanayagam and Anjali Devi's daughter-in-law; Mano's mother; Tamannah's mother-in-law (2022–present) (Main Antagonist)
• Arvind Kathare as Chidambaram: Deivanayagam and Anjali Devi's younger son; Padmanaban's younger brother; Valarmathi's elder brother; Sivagami's husband; Vinay and Ramya's father; Menaka's father-in-law
• Neela Menon (2021–2022) → Devi Teju (2022–present) as Sivagami: Chidambaram's wife; Deivanayagam and Anjali Devi's daughter-in-law; Vinay and Ramya's mother; Menaka's mother-in-law
• Akila as Valarmathi: Deivanayagam and Anjali Devi's daughter; Padmanaban and Chidambaram's younger sister; Raghuvaran's wife, Lokesh's mother; Siddharth, Ramya, Dharshini and Vinay's paternal aunt
• Krishnakumar as Raghuvaran: Valarmathi's husband; Deivanayagam and Anjali Devi's son-in-law; Lokesh's father; Siddharth, Ramya, Dharshini and Vinay's paternal uncle
• Mithun Raj as Jagadeesh: Adopted son of Annalakshmi against Padmanaban; Siddharth, Ramya, Dharshini, Vinay and Lokesh's adopted elder brother; Bommi's ex-fiancé; Preethi's husband
• Preethi Kumar as Preethi: Jagadeesh's wife; Rahul's ex-fiancée; Padmanaban and Annalakshmi's daughter-in-law; Arunachalam's daughter
• Neha Jha (2021) → Suveta Shrimpton (2022–present) as Tamannah: Siddharth's obsessive ex-girlfriend; Vinay's ex-fiancée; Mano’s wife; Padmanaban and Savithri's daughter-in-law; She entered as daughter-in-law in Anjali Sweets by marrying Mano, Padmanaban's second wife's son (Antagonist)
• Gve Krishna as Mano: Tamannah's husband; Padmanaban and Savithri's son; Deivanayagam and Anjali Devi's grandson; Siddharth and Dharshini's half brother; Ramya and Vinay's parental cousin brother; Lokesh's maternal cousin brother (Antagonist)
• Aruljothi Arockiaraj as Ramya: Deivanayagam and Anjali Devi's grand daughter; Chidambaram and Sivagami's daughter; Vinay's sister; Siddharth and Dharshini's paternal cousin sister; Lokesh's maternal cousin; Nivas's ex-fiancée; Adithya's ex-wife
• Deepthi Rajendran (2021) → Sreenidhi Sudarshan (2022) → Dhachayani (2022–present) as Dharshini: Deivanayagam and Anjali Devi's grand daughter; Padmanaban and Annalakshmi's daughter; Siddharth's sister; Ramya and Vinay's paternal cousin sister; Lokesh's maternal cousin; Nivas's wife
• Pranav Mohanan as Nivas: Dharshini's husband; Ramya's ex-fiancé; Padmanaban and Annalakshmi's son-in-law; Chandra's son
• RJ Saba (2021–2022) → Kutty Gopi (2022–present) as Lokesh: Deivanayagam and Anjali Devi's grandson; Raghuvaran and Valarmathi's son; Siddharth, Ramya, Dharshini and Vinay's paternal cousin brother
• Vicky Roshan (2021–2022) → Vasudeva Krish Madhusudhan (2022–present) as Vinay: Deivanayagam and Anjali Devi's grandson; Chidambaram and Sivagami's son; Ramya's brother; Siddharth and Dharshini's paternal cousin brother and Lokesh's maternal cousin brother; Tamannah's ex-fiancée; Menaka's husband
• Preetha Suresh as Menaka: Vinay's lover turned wife; Chithambaram and Sivagami's daughter-in-law
• Janane Prabhu as Nalini: A lawyer and Tamannah's mother
• Aarthi Ramkumar as Vinothini: Nalini's sister; Tamannah's maternal aunt
• Rishi as Sethupathi (Sethu): An IPS officer; Siddharth's close friend; Ramya's love interest
• Mukesh Kanna as Adithya: Ramya's ex-husband; Thirumoorthy's son; Nethra's younger brother
• Rajeshwari as Nethra: The Nethra Sweets owner; Thirumoorthy's daughter; Adithya’s elder sister; The Anjali Sweets's arch rival
• Gayathri Priya as Krishnaveni: Bommi and Gopi's mother; Annalakshmi's close friend
• Deepesh as Gopi: Bommi's younger brother and Krishnaveni's son
• Ranjana Sudharsan as Malliga: Sankunthala's daughter
• Iyyappan as Thavamani: Vasuki's younger brother and his intention was to marry Bommi but it fails
• Pondy Ravi as Azhagesan: Krishnaveni's brother-in-law
• Suchithra as Sakunthala: Azhagesan's wife and Thavamani's elder sister
• Ravi Shankar as Arunachalam: Siddharth's business head and Preethi's father
• Naresh Raj as Rahul: Preethi's ex-fiancé
• Keerthana Podhuval as Swetha / Meera: Siddharth's college ex-lover
• Ameen Fakkir as Ram: A Sub-inspector of police; Sethu's junior officer
• Madhan as Indhar: Dharshini's college friend
• Manoj Kumar as Thirumoorthy: The Nethra Sweets founder; Nethra and Adithya's father
• Nithya Krishnan as Chandra: Nivas's mother
• Krishna as Nivas's father; Raghuvaran's younger brother

Special appearances

• Kuyili as Eshwari: Deivanayagam's elder sister
• Aishwarya Bhaskaran as Bommi's aunt
• Sonia Agarwal as herself: A Judge for a sweet competition
• Livingston as Amarthalingam: A sweet making cook
• Malgudi Subha as herself for Navarathri special episodes
• Nanda Gopal as himself for Navarathri special episodes
• Ashwanth Ashokkumar as Child: Navarathri special episodes
• Vishnu as Prabhu (Kadhal Sangamam special episode)
• Ayesha as Sathya (Kadhal Sangamam special episode)

Special and Crossover episodes

• On 3 October 2021, Ninaithale Inikkum held a wedding episode as Ninaithale Inikkum Mega Thirumana Vaibhavam for Siddharth and Bommi's marriage, which is aired for non-stop two and half hours on Sunday. ^[3]
• On 23 January 2022, Ninaithale Inikkum held a MEGA episode as Ninaithale Innikum MEGA Sunday Kondattam for Jagadheesh and Preethi's marriage, which is aired for non-stop two and half hours on Sunday.
• On 13 February 2022, Ninaithale Inikkum with Sathya 2 and Sembaruthi series's main leads joined for a special episode as Kadhal Sangamam, which is aired for non-stop two and half hours on Sunday.
• On 18 September 2022, Ninaithale Innikum held a MEGA Episode titled as Ninaithale Innikum Sunday Special for Vinay- Menakha and Mano- Tamannah's marriage, which is aired for non-stop two hours on Sunday.

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes
Bengali	Mithai মিঠাই	4 January 2021	Zee Bangla	9 June 2023	Original
Tamil	Ninaithale Inikkum நினைத்தாலே இனிக்கும்	23 August 2021	Zee Tamil	Ongoing	Remake
Odia	Jhili ଝିଲ୍ଲୀ [4]	20 September 2021	Zee Sarthak
Hindi	Mithai मिठाई	4 April 2022	Zee TV	24 September 2022

Reception

On its second week from launch, Ninaithale Inikkum becomes the most watched series and grabbed first position in Zee Tamil in Urban and Urban+Rural markets and occupies top in TRP charts. ^[5]

This is the first series in Zee Tamil, which gets reach faster among the audience. ^[6]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Role	Result
2023	Zee Tamil Kudumbam Viruthugal [7]	Best Pair	Anand Selvan & Swathi Sharma	Siddharth & Bommi	Won
		Social Media Face of The Year-Female	Swathi Sharma	Bommi	Won
		Favorite Heroine	Swathi Sharma	Bommi	Nominated
		Favorite Hero	Anand Selvan	Siddharth	Nominated
		Favorite Villi	Suveta Shrimpton	Tamannah	Nominated
		Best Performing show on Zee5			Won

References

1. "Ninaithale Inikkum (நினைத்தாலே இனிக்கும்) - 23rd Aug onwards, Mon-Sat 7:30 PM - Promo - Zee Tamil". YouTube . Retrieved 18 August 2021.
2. "'Ninaithale Inikkum' to premiere on August 23 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
3. மெகா திருமண வைபவத்தில் - Ninaithale Inikkum, This Sunday, at 2.30 PM on Zee Tamil , retrieved 2 October 2021
4. "TV show 'Mithai' gets an Odia remake - Times of India". The Times of India . 1 September 2021.
5. "Ninaithale Inikkum Creates a History! With its one weak on Launch, it gets fantastic ratings in both Urban and Urban+Rural". Archived from the original on 4 August 2022.
6. "Ninaithale Inikkum got Super and Highest ratings". Archived from the original on 4 August 2022.
7. "Zee Kutumbam Viruthugal Awards 2023 to air on January 14". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.

External links

• Ninaithale Inikkum at IMDb
• Ninaithale Inikkum at ZEE5