Baakiyalakshmi

''Baakiyalakshmi'' is an Indian Tamil series on Star Vijay. This show is an official remake of Star Jalsha series ''Sreemoyee''. It is also available on Disney+ Hotstar. It was scheduled to premiere on 16 March 2020, but due to COVID-19 lock down, it was premiered on 27 July 2020.

Plot

Baakiyalakshmi "Baakiya" is a sweet, caring wife, mother, and daughter-in-law. Chezhiyan, Ezhil, and Iniya are her three children from her marriage to Gopinath "Gopi." Gopinath is having an affair with his ex-fiancée Radhika, who is raising her daughter Mayura as a single mother. Radhika befriends Baakiya, oblivious to the fact that she is Gopi's wife. Chezhiyan, Baakiya's older son, marries Jennifer "Jenny," his high school sweetheart.

Baakiya eventually sees that she is restricted to domestic life and seeks to forge her own identity. Ezhilan, Baakiya's younger son, Radhika, and Jenny assist her in starting a masala company, which Gopi and his mother, Eshwari, oppose. Iniya, Baakiya's daughter, is expelled from school. Gopi takes advantage of this situation and forces Baakiya to close her business. Baakiya, on the other hand, is able to rescind Iniya's expulsion. Baakiya resumes her business.

Later, Ezhilan discovers that Gopi is having an affair with a lady who is Radhika. Meanwhile, Gopi and Radhika are being blackmailed by Radhika's husband, Rajesh. He incites Mayura to rebel against them. Ramamoorthy, Gopi's father, discovers Gopi's affair with Radhika and decides to expose them. However, he becomes immobilised and loses his ability to speak. Radhika's mother wishes for Gopi to marry her. Gopi and Radhika go to Baakiya's divorce hearing. Gopi finds it difficult to give her the paperwork, so he tricks her into signing them in order to get her a portion in the company he owns. Later, Gopi successfully completed the first hearing of the divorce case without the knowledge of Bakiya, who had come to court as a shareholder in Gopi's company. Radhika is excited for her new life after the first court hearing is a success At the time, Baakiya learned of Ezhil's love for a widowed Amirtha, who had a two-year-old daughter. Bakiya is on Ezhil's side.

Radhika, who was suspicious of Gopi's actions wants to meet Gopi's family. Gopi refuses to do so. That night, a heartbroken Gopi gets drunk and reveals that Baakiya is his wife to Radhika. A shocked Radhika doesn't want to continue her relationship with Gopi. Later, Radhika decides to move to Mumbai. Soon after, Baakiya suspects Gopi of having an affair when Radhika's husband Rajesh comes to her home and complains about Gopi visiting Radhika. However on the same day Gopi meets with an accident. Both Radhika and Baakiya are shocked and go to the hospital but Baakiya then sees Gopi and Radhika's discussion and also sees Radhika paying for Gopi's medical bills. When Gopi gets discharged from the hospital, she confronts him and leaves the house to start a new life without Gopi. Soon after, a notice from the court arrives at Gopi's house about Gopi and Baakiya's divorce. The family advices Baakiya to not go to the court however Baakiya is adamant to divorce Gopi much to her family's displeasure. An enraged Gopinath also goes to the divorce court and the court grants Gopinath and Baakiya's divorce. After the divorce, Baakiya's family try to convince her not to leave the house. However, It turned out that Baakiya never had any intention to leave the house but doesn't want Gopinath to stay in the same room as her. This causes an infuriated Gopi to move out of the house. He challenges Baakiya to give him 40 Lakhs that Gopi paid for the house within a year.
Later, Radhika feels regretful after seeing Gopi living in a hotel.

Gopi manipulates Radhika into believing that Baakiya is not a good lady. Radhika agrees to marry Gopi.
eventually the wedding happens and Baakiya takes up the catering order for Gopi - Radhika's wedding.

The children understand their mother and support her fully.
Ezhil is undergoing pressure from his love, Amrithas family, while chezhiyan and jenny are overjoyed with the news of jennys pregnancy.

Cast

Main

* K.S. Suchitra Shetty as Baakiyalakshmi "Baakiya" – Karpagam's daughter; Gopinath's ex-wife; Chezhiyan, Ezhilan and Iniya's mother. (2020–present)
* Sathish Kumar as Gopinath "Gopi" Ramamoorthy – Ramamoorthy and Eshwari's son; Baakiyalakshmi's ex-husband; Raadhika's second husband; Chezhiyan, Ezhilan and Iniya's father. Mayura's stepfather (2020–present)
* Nanditha Jennifer / Reshma Pasupuleti as Raadhika – Baakiyalakshmi's betrayal friend; Rajesh's ex-wife; Gopinath's second wife; Mayura's mother. (2020–2021) (2021-present)

Recurring

* VJ Vishal as Ezhilan "Ezhil" Gopinath – Baakiyalakshmi and Gopinath's younger son; Chezhiyan and Iniya's brother; Amrita's love interest. (2020–present)
* Velu Lakshmanan (Aryan) / Vikash Sampath as Chezhiyan Gopinath – Baakiyalakshmi and Gopinath's elder son; Ezhilan and Iniya's brother; Jenny's husband. (2020–present)
* Divya Ganesh as Jennifer "Jenny" Chezhiyan – Joseph and Maria's daughter; Chezhiyan's wife. (2020–present)
* Neha Menon as Iniya Gopinath – Baakiyalakshmi and Gopinath's daughter; Chezhiyan and Ezhilan's sister. (2020–present)
* Rajyalakshmi as Eshwari Ramamoorthy – Ramamoorthy's wife; Gopinath's mother; Chezhiyan, Ezhilan and Iniya's grandmother. (2020–present)
* S.T.P Rosary as Ramamoorthy – Sundaram's brother; Eshwari's husband; Gopinath's father; Chezhiyan, Ezhilan and Iniya's grandfather. (2020–present)
* Rithika Tamil Selvi as Amritha – A college student; Ganesh's ex-wife; Ezhilan's girlfriend; Nila's mother. (2021–present)
* Baby Mingle Raki Radhakrishnan as Nila – Amritha's daughter (2021–present)
* Meena Sellamuthu as Selvi: The maid in Baakiyalakshmi's house who supports Baakiya also her best friend (2020–present)
* Baby Sherine Farhana as Mayura Rajesh: Radhika and Rajesh daughter who dislikes her father. (2021–present)
* Nathan Shyam as Rajesh Kumar: Raadhika's ex-husband and Mayura's father. He is adamant and unstable. (2020–present)
* Sheela as Radhika's mother (2021–present)
* Priya as Karpagam: Baakiyalakshmi's mother; Chezhiyan, Ezhilan, Iniya and Mahesh's grandmother. She has an inferiority complex in front of Gopi's family. (2020)
* Sangeetha V as Kavitha: Karpagam's daughter-in-law; Mahesh's mother. She is talkative and hates her mother-in-law. (2020)
* Manmohan as Joseph David: Jenny's father. He is adamant (2020–present)
* Mona Kakade as Maria Joseph: Joseph's wife and Jenny's mother (2020–present)
* R. Aravindraj as Amritha's father-in-law (2021–Present)
* Revathee Shankar as Amritha's mother-in-law (2021–Present)
* Sam as Rajinikanth: Physiotherapist (2022–Present)
* Gokul Krishnan as Sathish: Ezhil's friend (2021–present)
* Pranika as Nikhila: Iniya's friend who was sexually harassed by a teacher (2021)
* Charlie Jey as Santhosh: Iniya's love interest also her senior (2020-2021)
* Hema Chinraj as Hema: Iniya's best friend (2020–2021)
* Sri Latha as Geetanjali: Iniya's school principal (2020–2021)
* Parthiban as Bashkar: Selvi's husband. He is a drunkard. He has no job and steals Selvi's salary (2020–2021)
* Geetha Narayanan as Nancy: Baakiyalakshmi's neighbor (2020–2021)
* Santhaanam Ganesan as Ezhil's best friend
* Prakash Rajan as Raveendran: Baakya took his catering order (2020)
* Devi Teju as Annamal: Raveendran's wife (2020)
* Madhan as Ganesh: Amritha's ex-husband who dies in an accident
* Sumangali as Amritha's mother
* Kausalya Senthamarai as Judge
* Pandiarajan as Sundaram: Ramamoorthy's younger brother. He likes Baakya's innocence (2020-2021)

Guest appearances

References

External links

{{STAR Vijay TV shows

Star Vijay original programming
2020s Tamil-language television series
2020 Tamil-language television series debuts
Tamil-language television shows