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 fourth longest running Tamil serial after Chandralekha, Valli, and Kalyana Parisu.[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.[7] Radhika reprised the roles of Vani and Rani again in a serial named Ponni C/O Rani which is being aired in Kalaignar TV since 27 June 2022.
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. Vetrivelan is the father of Bhoominathan, Swaminathan and Jyothi. his character has neen mentioned several times but he dead and has never appeared onscreen even in flashback scenes. his name has never been revealed. 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 turns good 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 through her father-in-law Kaali, Alamelu, Shenbagam, Shiva, Geetha and Malathi.
Vani's elder son, Surya marries Dimple, who hates 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.
Advocate Vani Bhoominathan – Manikkam's elder niece; Rani's twin sister; Bhoomi's wife; Surya, Gautham's mother; Riya and Mano, Vidya's grandmother
Restaurant owner/ Chef Supervisor House Wife Rani Swaminathan – Manikkam's younger niece; Vani's twin sister; Saami's wife; Saravanan, Selvi and Thenu's mother; Jr. Manikkam and Santhosh's grandmother
Venu Arvind as Bhoominathan Vetrivelan Karuppusamy aka Bhoomi – Angayarkanni and Vetrivelan Karuppusamy's son; Jyothi's brother; Saami's half-brother; Vani's husband; Surya, Gautham's father; Riya and Mano, Vidya's grandfather
Babloo Prithiveeraj as Swaminathan Vetrivelan Karuppusamy aka Saami – Swaminathan's mother and Vetrivelan Karuppusamy's son; Bhoomi and Jyothi's half-brother; Rani's husband; Saravanan, Selvi and Thenu's father; Santhosh and Jr. Manikkam's grandfather
Recurring Cast
Arun Kumar Rajan as Advocate Suryanarayanan Bhoominathan (Surya) – Vani and Bhoomi's elder son; Gautham brother; Dimple's husband; Janani's ex-lover; Riya and Mano's father
Neelima Rani as Priyanka Suryanarayanan alias Dimple – Ponnambalam and Alamelu's daughter; Surya's wife; Mano's mother; Riya's step-mother
Vignesh Kumar (Vicky Krish) as Inspector Gauthamkrishnan Bhoominathan (Gautham) – Vani and Bhoomi's younger son; Surya's brother; Pooja's husband; Vidya's father
Navya Swamy as Pooja Gauthamkrishnan – Karuppuswamy and Sudha's daughter; Gautham's wife; Vidya's mother
Sujith Suprabha / Manas Chavali as Saravanan Swaminathan (Saravana) – Rani and Saami's son; Selvi and Thenu's brother; Pavithra's husband; Santhosh's father
Shruti Shanmugapriya as Pavithra Saravanan – Sadhasivam and Mythili's daughter; Saravanan's wife; Santhosh's mother
Nikhila Suman / Niranjani Ashok as Selvi Swaminathan Rajesh – Rani and Saami's elder daughter; Saravanan and Thenu's sister; Rajesh's wife; Jr. Manikkam's mother
Guhan Shanmugam as Rajesh Kaaliappan – Kaalippan and Sundari's son; Malathi's half-brother; Selvi's husband; Jr. Manikkam's father
Neha Menon as Thenmozhi Swaminathan alias (Thenu) – Rani and Saami's younger daughter; Saravanan and Selvi's sister
Rajkumar Manoharan as Karthikeyan alias Karthik: Meghala and Balasubramaniam's son; poongodi's husband
Mahalakshmi Shankar as Poongodi Karthikeyan: Jyothi and Manohar's daughter; Karthikeyan's wife
Sivaji Manohar as Manohar Rajamanickam alias (Mano): Shankari and Rajamanickam's son
Gayathri Shastry/Jyothi Reddy/Roopa Sree/Premi Venkat as Jyothi Manohar
Rajendran as Ponnambalam
Srilekha Rajendran as Alamelu Ponnambalam
"Saathappan" Nandakumar as Mayilvaganam
Mohan in a dual role as
Karuppuswamy
Thangarasu
Sudha Pushpa as Sudha Karuppuswamy
Andrew Jesudoss as Kadhiravan
Sasikala Shree as Pushpa Kadhiravan
Thulasi as Point Anna
Ramachandran Mahalingam as Sadasivam
Dharini as Mythili Sadasivam
Nagalakshmi as Parvatham
Geetha Anjali as Azhagumayil Karthik
Raaj Mithran as Balasubramaniam (Balu)
Veena Venkatesh as Meghala Balasubramaniam Rajamanickam:Shangkari and Rajamanickam's daughter
Baboos as Kaaliappan
Sangeeta Balan as Sura Sundari Kaaliappan
Meenakshi Muruha as Shanti Kaaliappan
Murali Krishnan as Aarumugam
Serial real name: Unknown / Jyothi Minnal Deepa as Malathi Aarumugam
O.N.Rathnam was finalised as the director, with P.A.Raghavan and S.Kumaresan were the screen players and writers. The music was managed by P.A.Vijay. Suku Kuchappan, under Radaan Mediaworks, with the help of Radhika Sarathkumar managed the production.[citation needed]
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