Parasparam (TV series)

Parasparam
Genre	Action Drama Crime Thriller
Developed by	Jayakumar
Written by	Pradeep Panicker (2013-2014) [1] Gireesh Gramika (2014-2018)
Directed by	Purushothaman Sudheesh Sankar Manju Dharman Harison
Presented by	Bhavachithra
Starring	Gayatri Arun Vivek Gopan
Narrated by	Prof. Aliyaar
Theme music composer	Saanadh George
Opening theme	"Naara Na Naara"(Removed in circa 2014)
Ending theme	"Hea Hea Hei" (Removed in circa 2014)
Composer	Rajeev Aattukal
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
No. of episodes	1524
Production
Producer	Jayakumar Bhavachithra
Cinematography	Manoj Kumar
Editor	Rajesh Thrissure
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Ross Petals
Original release
Network	Asianet
Release	22 July 2013 (2013-07-22) – 31 August 2018 (2018-08-31)
Related
Diya Aur Baati Hum

Parasparam (transl. Each other) was an Indian Malayalam television thriller series that was broadcast on Asianet. It is an official remake of Star Plus's serial Diya Aur Baati Hum . ^[2] The series premiered on 22 July 2013. ^{[3] [4]} It starred Gayatri Arun and Vivek Gopan and was produced by Ross Petals. The last episode aired on 31 August 2018 with 1,524 episodes and is Malayalam's longest running soap opera. ^{[5] [6]}

Plot

Ambitious and educated, Deepti pursues her dream of becoming an IPS officer for her father. Sooraj, a partially-educated and simple young master-confectioner is the perfect elder heir to his middle-class traditional family.

Deepti's dreams and aspirations are destroyed as she loses her parents in an accident. Planning to move abroad, her brother Gopan fixes her marriage to Sooraj whose strict mother Padmavathi "Padma" wants her daughter-in-law to be simple and not well-educated, with the excellent skills of a housewife.

After discovering this, Gopan lies about Deepti's education level to ensure her settlement. Deepti gives up her education and dreams, accepting her roles as a wife and the elder daughter-in-law of the family. Soon, as her truth of being educated and not knowing cooking is revealed, Padma banishes her.

Sooraj stands up for Deepti and vows to teach her everything she must know to prepare herself as the daughter-in-law that Padma expects. Deepti starts caring for Sooraj and helps him in various situations including an international confection competition in Singapore.

Later, Sooraj helps Deepti complete her studies. Eventually, he convinces Padma to accept Deepti and her dreams. Deepti faces great challenges in the IPS Academy, establishing herself as an extraordinary police officer.

As a police officer, Deepti fights various criminals including terrorist leaders, while in the meantime, solving her various family problems as she struggles to balance between her professional duties and domestic responsibilities.

Together with Sooraj, Deepti forms a deep relationship with underlying love, until misunderstandings tear them apart. But it gets cleared up and they reunite. Deepti donates one of her kidneys to Padma battling for life which is unknown to the family.

Gopan's little son Nandu greatly eagers for a sibling but his wife Sandya miscarries and is unable to conceive again. Expecting twins, Deepti and Sooraj decide to give their one twin to Sandya on Nandu's demand.

Later, Sooraj and Padma learn that Deepti is her kidney donor. Deepti delivers twin sons Dhirav and Dhyaan. The infants are kidnapped in order to be sold. In the ensuing rescue actions, Dhirav is saved and Dhyaan is believed to have succumbed to his death shattering all. A police officer saves Dhyaan though and returns him promptly.

9 years later

Deepti and Sooraj live happily with Dhirav however her brother cut all ties with Deepti as he believes her initial instinct was to save Dhirav and not Dhyaan.

Soon, Dhyaan discovers his true parents but hates them for giving him away. Eventually, Gopan and Sandya realises their mistake and gives Dhyan to Deepti and Sooraj.

Climax

Deepti and Sooraj unsuccessfully try a trap for the terrorists and punish them. The leader makes Deepti and Sooraj eat bomb pills.

Deepti and Sooraj bid their farewell to family and others by jumping into the river before exploding. They both jump together in the water before the setting Sun, highlighting that even death cannot separate them.

Cast

Main cast

• Gayatri Arun as IPS Deepthi Sooraj (Voice dubbed by Devi S.): Aravind and Kanchana's daughter; Gopan's sister; Sooraj's wife; Dhirav and Dhyaan's mother. ^[7]
• Vivek Gopan as Sooraj Krishna (Voice dubbed by Shankar Lal): Padma and Krishna's eldest son; Suresh, Subash and Suchitra's brother; Deepti's husband; Dhirav and Dhyaan's father.
• Rekha Ratheesh as Padippuraveettil Padmavathi "Padma" Krishna: Krishna's wife; Sooraj, Suresh, Subash and Suchitra's mother; Ann, Aryan, Dhirav and Dhyaan's grandmother.
• Kottayam Pradeep as Krishna: Muthashi's son; Padma's husband. Sooraj, Suresh, Subash and Suchitra's father; Ann, Aryan, Dhirav and Dhyaan's grandfather.
• Sreenath Swaminathan as Suresh Krishnan: Padma and Krishna's second son; Sooraj, Subash and Suchitra's brother; Meenakshi's husband; Ann's father.
• Sneha Diwakar as Meenakshi Suresh: Vasantha's elder daughter; Meera's sister; Suresh's wife; Ann's mother.
• Gautam Praveen as Dhirav Sooraj: Deepti and Sooraj's elder son; Dhyaan's twin brother; Ann, Aryan and Nandu's cousin.
• Leswin as Dhyaan Sooraj: Deepti and Sooraj's younger son; Dhirav's twin brother; Ann, Aryan and Nandu's cousin.
• Muhammad Rafi as IPS Sabir: Deepti's close friend and colleague.

Recurring cast

• Niranj Menon / Manu Martin Pallippadan / Naren Eswar as Subash Krishna: Padma and Krishna's youngest son; Sooraj, Suresh and Suchitra's brother; Smriti's husband; Aryan's father.
• Lekshmi Pramod / Chilanka as Smriti Subash: Subash's wife. Aryan's mother.
• Revathi Krishana / Ruby Jewel as Suchitra Dileep: Padma and Krishna's daughter; Sooraj, Suresh and Subash's sister; Dileep's wife.
• Sabari Chandran as Dileep: Suchitra's husband.
• Amika Mariyam as Ann Suresh: Meenakshi and Suresh's daughter; Aryan, Dhirav and Dhyaan's cousin.
• Darshan D Nair as Aryan Subash: Smriti and Subash's son; Ann, Dhirav and Dhyaan's cousin.
• Valsala Menon as Muthashi: Krishna's mother; Sooraj, Suresh, Subash and Suchitra's grandmother; Ann, Aryan. Dhirav and Dhyaan's great-grandmother.
• Vijay Viswanthan / Hari Gopinath as Gopan Aravind: Aravind and Kanchana's son; Deepti's brother; Sandya's husband; Nandu's father.
• Divya Nithin / Indulekha as Sandya Gopan: Gopan's wife; Nandu's mother.
• Aadil as Nandu Gopan: Gopan and Sandya's son; Dhirav and Dhyaan's cousin.
• Shobha Mohan as Devika
• Shobi Thilakan as SI Dhanapalan
• Kollam Thulasi as rishikesh
• Manu Varma as Thomas
• Dileep Shankar as Cherian
• Ashraf Pezhumoodu as Advocate
• Anu Gopi as Kokku
• Poojappura Radhakrishnan
• Jolly Easow as Vasantha: Meera and Meenakshi's mother.
• Apsara as Rasiya Sabir
• Irfan as Appu
  • Adil Mohammed replaced Irfan as Appu
• Thanvi S Raveendran as Jennifer Hills/Merin/Vineetha
• Ardra das as Athira
• Navya as Prema
• Akshaya R. Nair as Disha
• Anitha Nair as Maya
• Sarath Swamy as Jeevan
• Althara as Kavitha
• Anitta Dcruz as Nitha
• Sruthi Suresh as Nandana
• Shruthi Suresh as Anupama
• Soniya Baiju Kottarakkara as Rabiya
• Snehalatha as Kalyani
• Suki Panthalam as Shyamkumar
• Meghna as Keerthana
• Sreekala as Broker
• Priya as Kanchana
• Sajith as Aravindan
• Maya Moushmi as Deepthi's aunt
• Faisal Mohammed as Advocate
• Sreekanth as Terrorist
• Lavanya
• Omana Ouseph
• Nandana Gowri
• Sindhu Varma as Kathreena
• Riyas Narmakala as Thakkol Vasu
• Mahima as Nanditha Mukherjee
• Karthika Kannan
• Jija Surendran
• Uma Devi Nair
• Sumi Santhosh
• Santhosh Krishna
• Vanchiyoor Praveen Kumar
• Sree Padma
• Vindhuja Vikraman

Guest appearances

• Aswathy as Amala
• Amith as Jithan
• Shelly Kishore as Shalini

Awards

7th Asianet Television Awards 2014

• Best Serial – Parasparam (Producer Jayakumar)
• Best Screenplay – Pradeep Panicker
• Best Actor – Vivek Gopan
• Best Actress – Rekha Ratheesh
• Best New Face (female) – Gayatri Arun
• Best Actor in Negative role – Shobi
• Best Actor in Character role – Kottayam Pradeep
• Special Jury Awards (Negative role) – Sneha
• Best Audiographer (sabdha mishram) – Sreejith V.G
• Lifetime Achievement Award-
• Best Dubbing Artist (male) – Sankar Lal
• Best Dubbing Artist (female) – Nithuna

8th Asianet Television Awards 2015 ^[8]

• Outstanding Hit serial - Parasparam
• Best Actress - Gayatri Arun
• Popular Actor - Vivek Gopan
• Character Actress - Rekha ratheesh
• Best Dialogues - Gireesh Gramika
• Special Jury Award(Negative role) - Sneha
• Special JuryAward(Director) - Manjudharman
• Best Serial - Parasparam
• Popular Actress - Gayatri Arun
• Youth icon - Vivek Gopan
• Character Actress - Rekha Ratheesh
• Best Script Writer - Gireesh Gramika
• Best dubbing Artist (Female) - Devi. S.

9th Asianet Television Awards 2016

• Best serial - Parasparam
• Popular Actress - Gayatri Arun
• Youth icon - Vivek Gopan
• Character Actress - Rekha Ratheesh
• Best Videographer - Manoj kumar
• Best Editor - Rajesh Thrishur
• Best Audiographer - Sreejith V.G
• Best Script Writer - Girish Gramika
• Best dubbing Artist (Female) - Devi S

10th Asianet Television Awards 2017

• Longest Running Serial - Parasparam
• Best Star pair - Vivek & Gayathri
• Iconic beauty - Gayathri Arun
• Character Actress - Rekha Ratheesh
• Best Audiographer - Sreejith V.G
• Best Editor - Rajesh Thrishur
• Best Dubbing Artist (male) - Sankar Lal

11th Asianet Television Awards 2018 ^[9]

• Evergreen hit Serial - Parasparam
• Best Actress - Gayathri Arun
• Best Director - Harison
• Character Actor - Kottayam Pradeep
• Special jury Award ( Popular Actor) - Vivek Gopan
• Special Jury Award( Character Actress) - Rekha Ratheesh

Asiavision Television Awards

• Best Pair - Vivek & Gayathri

Reception

Critics

Deccan Chronicle stated, "The serial Parasparam came as a breath of fresh air among the usual unending tear-jerkers; the main attraction was the fearless and clever IPS Deepthi who took on criminals single-handedly and became a role model for many youngsters." ^[10]

Impact

A post where the still of the lead pairs before a bomb explosion sequence went viral which was falsely claimed as Kerala IPS officer and husband were killed by ISIS jehadis. This was reported as accusing Pinarayi Vijayan led Kerala government for their inefficiency. ^[11]

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes
Hindi	Diya Aur Baati Hum दिया और बाती हम	29 August 2011	StarPlus	10 September 2016	Original
Bengali	Tomay Amay Mile তোমায় আমায় মিলে	11 March 2013	Star Jalsha	20 March 2016	Remake
Malayalam	Parasparam പരസ്പരം	22 July 2013	Asianet	31 August 2018
Marathi	Phulala Sugandha Maticha फुलाला सुगंध मातीचा	2 September 2020	Star Pravah	4 December 2022
Tamil	Raja Rani 2 ராஜா ராணி 2	12 October 2020	Star Vijay	21 March 2023
Telugu	Janaki Kalaganaledu జానకి కలగలేదు	22 March 2021	Star Maa	19 August 2023

References

1. "A soapy affair". The New Indian Express.
2. "Parasparam is a hit!". The Times of India.
3. "Parasparam: Curtains to come down soon". The Times Of India .
4. "More Spellbinding Soap Gathas". Outlook.
5. "Why serials chase the 1000 episode mark". The Times of India .
6. "parasparam-team-celebrate-its-last-day-of-screening". The Times of India .
7. M, Athira (12 March 2015). "A Remarkable Journey". The Hindu .
8. "Asianet television awards 2015".
9. "Asianet awards 2018 winners". The Times of India .
10. "Gayathri clears the air". Deccan Chronicle. 25 December 2015.
11. "FAKE: Stills from Malayalam TV soap used with claims that ISIS killed IPS officer and husband". The Times Of India .

External links

• Parasparam at IMDb