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-language soap opera that aired during weekdays on Sun TV from 3 December 2007 to 14 December 2012. The show starred

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, Chetan, Sathish, Santhiya, Venkat, Raani,

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, Thilakshi, T. S. Raghavendar, Premi, V.R. Thilakam and among others. It was produced by

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and directed by K. Shanmugam, R.P Marudhu and K.Shiva. It is one of the most well known serials that aired on Sun TV in the afternoon slot. It received high praise and was a hit for the channel. The show was retelecasted at the same channel from March 1, 2021 to March 25, 2022 at 10:30 am.

Synopsis

The show story revolves around Padma (

) Manokar ( Chetan/Sathish) and Karpagam (Sandhya). Manohar and Padma are a happy couple, but even after many years of marriage, they are unable to have a child. Padma's sister in law Anjali (Rani) is jealous of Padma's wealth and covertly slips in medicines in Padma's food to make her infertile. Karpagam bears Manokar's child as a surrogate mother. The baby boy is born and named Shiva. Padma does not know Karpagam is the surrogate mother however Anjali finds out. Things turn bitter when Manokar and Karpagam are falsely accused of having an illegal relationship, and Padma wholeheartedly believes her sister in law and gets angry at Manohar. The subsequent evil schemes Anjali comes up with to separate Padma and Manohar form the crux of the show.

Cast

Main cast

as Padma * Chetan / Satheesh Kumar as Mano alias Manokar * Sandhya Jagarlamudi as Karpagam * Rani as Anjali, Padma's sister-in-law,

Recurring cast

*Initha as Maha (Anjali's assistant) *Sukiran as Dhakshinamoorthy (Karpagam's brother) *Oorvambu Lakshmi as Mangaa (Karpagam's sister-in-law) *Usha as Mangaa's mother *Super Good Kannan as Shekhar, Padma's elder brother, Anjali's husband and Vijay's father *

as Krishnaswamy (Mano's uncle) *Venkat as Senthil Kumaran, Karpagam's interest *Sumangali *

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*V.R. Thilakam as Padma and Sekar's mother *Sangeetha Balan as Saroja *J. Lalitha as Renuka's mother *

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/ Deepa Narendraan as Renukha * T. S. Raghavendar * Premi * Kannan as Dilakam *

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- Karpagam, Eshwari and Dakshinamoorthy's mother *

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as Eshwari, Karpagam's sister *

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as Dr. Jhansi * Sivakavitha as Senthil's sister *

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* Jashak *

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as Bhanu * Devipriya as Regina Victor * Abijeeth as Vijay

Original Soundtrack

The title song was composed by X.Paulraj and was sung by famous singer Saindhavi with lyrics written by Dr.Kiruthiya.

Remake

* The series has been remade in the

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as Jo Jo Laali and was broadcast on

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from 10 April 2017 to 14 June 2019.

References

External links

Official Website
{{Works by Saregama Sun TV original programming 2007 Tamil-language television series debuts Tamil-language television shows 2012 Tamil-language television series endings 2000s Tamil-language television series