Vani Rani (TV series)

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Vani Rani
Vani Rani Sun TV Serial.jpg
Genre Soap opera
Family
Written byP.A.Raghavan
S.Kumaresan
Directed by
    • O.N Rathnam
    • V.C Ravi
    • A. Ramachanthiran
    • O.N. Rathnam
    • R. Aravindraj
    • CJ Baskar
Creative director Radhika Sarathkumar
StarringRadhika Sarathkumar
Venu Arvind
Babloo Prithiveeraj
Music by C. Sathya
Opening theme
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of episodes1743 [1]
Production
Executive producersSuku Kuchappan
Radhika Sarathkumar
Cinematography
  • Meenatchippatti P. Kasinathan
  • S. Rajeeva Alwin
  • P. Chella Pandiyan
Editors
  • K. Ganesh
  • K. Sathyabalan
  • B. James
  • B. Ramesh Lal
  • K. Bharath Kumar
  • M. Jayasimman
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time21 minutes per episode
Production companyRadaan Mediaworks
Original release
Network Sun TV (2013-2018)
Kalaignar TV (2021-2023)
Murasu TV (2023)
Release21 January 2013 (2013-01-21) 
8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)

Vani Rani is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on Sun TV from 21 January 2013 to 8 December 2018 with 1,743 episodes. [2] [3] [4] The show stars Radhika Sarathkumar, Venu Arvind, and Babloo Prithiveeraj.

Contents

This show was directed by multiple directors (O.N. Rathnam, V.C. Ravi, A. Ramachantiran, R. Aravindraj, and C.J. Baskar). This was Radaan Mediaworks' longest running serial and sixth longest running Tamil serial (as of May 2025). [5] [6]

The show started to re-telecast on Kalaignar TV from 19 July 2021 Monday to Saturday but it was shifted to Murasu TV from 4 September 2023. The show ended mid-way on Murasu TV due to broadcast right issues. [7]

Radhika reprised the roles of Vani and Rani in Ponni C/O Rani.

Plot

Twin-sisters, Vani and Rani are raised by their uncle, Rajamanickam, after their parents died. Rani sacrifices her education for Vani, who aspires to be a lawyer. Vani becomes a successful lawyer and marries Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi, a granite businessman. Rani marries Bhoomi's half-brother, Saaminathan aka Saami, a restaurant owner. Rajamanickam's son, Manohar falls in love with Bhoomi's sister, Jyothi. Rani is forced to get them married, earning Vani and Rani the wrath of their uncle and their mother-in-law Angayarkanni. Vani refuses to speak with Rani after that. As years pass, Vani and Bhoomi turn out to be successful and have two children, Suryanarayanan, Gauthamkrishnan, while Swami and Rani have three children, Saravanan, Selvi and Thenmozhi. They all share the same house. Angayarkanni enters to worsens the problems. Rani's elder daughter, Selvi falls in love and marries Rajesh with only Vani as a chance witness, resulting in Vani and Rani getting separated, with Bhoomi and Angayarkanni as the major cause. Eventually, he realizes his faults and tries to get the family together.

Vani and Rani's families get together but live in separate houses. Kadhiravan, a local don who has his vengeance against Rani's son Saravanan, creates problems. Vani's younger son, Gautham marries Kadhiravan's niece Pooja to rescue Saravanan. Kadhir realises his errors after Pooja's marriage. Jyothi's daughter, Poongodi is involved in a love triangle between her cousins, Karthik and Saravanan. In the end, she marries Karthik. Selvi also faces numerous problems amongst her family members – Kaali, Alamelu, Shenbagam, Shiva, Geetha, Aarumugam, Malathi

Vani's elder son, Surya marries Dimple, who dislikes Vani and Bhoomi. Rani faces her own problems with her house owner and his family members Muthupechi, Naagaraj and Velu. Later, Gautham becomes a policeman and investigates a murder than took place in a quarry which was owned by Guru Paadham (GP). GP is also a prominent business magnate and industrialist who controls the Indian medicine mafia activity and his son, Arya. GP puts a bomb in Pooja's car resulting in the death of Pooja's mother and aunt, Sudha and Pushpa, respectively. Gautham later kills Arya, enraging GP who vows for revenge. GP tries to kill Kadhiravan but is eventually arrested by Gautham. Poongodi and Karthik face their own problems with Azhagumayil and Parvatham. Saranvanan marries Pavithra.

The rivalry between Vani and Akhilandeshwari starts because of Surya's relationship with the latter's daughter, Janani during college days. They had a daughter, Riyah. Akhilandeshwari's brother, Sudhakar murderers Janani and frames Vani. Rani's younger daughter, Thenmozhi aka Thenu falls of a cliff and is presumed dead. Alive, but having memory loss, She lives as Bhavani with Chandrika and her brother, Poochi, who rescued her. Akhilandeshwari helps Chandrika and forces Thenu to smuggle drugs, but Rani and Vani save her. Eventually, Thenu regains her memory and reunites with her family.

Akhilandeshwari and Sudhakar begin a new plan with the help of Neela, Sanjay and Mukesh. Neela blackmails Saravanan and Sanjay through a plan and make money from them and Sanjay takes Bhoominathan's company with the help of Sudhakar and creates a confusion between Saaminathan and Bhoominathan.

Angayarkanni is murdered by Sanjay and Saami gets framed, occurring fights between him and Bhoomi. Sanjay plans to kill Saaminathan and Rani. Rani finds proof regarding Angayarkanni's murder and blackmails Sanjay, who is arrested. Bhoomi and Saami are reunited. Rani learns Akhilandeshwari's plan to kill Vani and risks her own life in danger. Vani too who faints learning Rani's situation. After some emotional affection between the sisters, their health improves. Akhilandeshwari finds out that Janani is murdered by Sudhakar and is arrested by Gautham, while apologizing for all her mistakes from Vani and Rani. Finally, both families are reunited after a lot of problems.

Cast

Main

Recurring Cast

Other characters’ cast is unknown to Wikipedia

Sequel

Ponni C/O Rani

A sequel series Ponni C/O Rani was broadcast from 27 June 2022 to 20 January 2024 on Kalaignar TV. The series narrates the story of Vani and Rani's friend, Ponni and the problems she faces in her family. The show stars Preethi Sanjiv, Manohar Krishnan in lead roles and Radhika Sarathkumar playing her dual role. [8]

Adaptations

LanguageTitleOriginal releaseNetwork(s)Last airedNotesRef.
Tamil Vani Rani21 January 2013 Sun TV 8 December 2018Original
Hindi Vaani Rani7 August 2017 &TV 2 March 2018Remake [9]
Bengali Seemarekha 23 October 2017 Zee Bangla 12 January 2019 [10]

References

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  2. "TV show Vani Rani serial breaks the record set by Kolangal and Kasthuri". The Times of India. 5 April 2018.
  3. "முடிவடையும் 'வாணி ராணி' சீரியல்: ட்விட்டரில் ராதிகா நெகிழ்ச்சி". kamadenu. 30 July 2021.
  4. "Radhika Sarathkumar's Vaani Rani to go off-air soon". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. "Vani Rani hits century". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  6. "TV drama Vani Rani completes seven years of production". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  7. "கலைஞர் டிவியில் வரும் ராதிகாவின் முக்கிய சீரியல்". tamil.samayam.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. "ராதிகாவின் புதிய தொடர்: பொன்னி c/o ராணி..." (in Tamil). Dinamalar. 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022.
  9. "'Vani Rani': A tale of estranged twins". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  10. "'Seemarekha' on Zee Bangla Tv". newstechcafe.com.