Idhayam ( 'Heart') is a 2009 Indian

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-language soap opera on Sun TV. It is a

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serial. The show was broadcast from 10 August 2009 to 3 February 2012 at 7:30PM (

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) and 10:00PM (

) for 627 episodes. The show is produced by

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, directed by

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and written by Annakill R.Selvaraj. It was also aired in

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Channel on

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Plot

Prasad rapes Nandhini in a forest by spraying chloroform out of lust. A few years later she is about to marry Shankar, Prasad's friend, much to Prasad's surprise. He still lusts and wants her as his mistress. But his heart suddenly changes, and he gets an urge to marry her. Nandhini's mother-in-law Kalyani is against his wish and make sure he cannot even touch her shadow. As possessive and chauvinist husband Shankar disowns Nandhini for losing her virginity before their marriage.

Cast

Main cast

Nithya Das Nithya Das is an Indian actress who works prominently in Malayalam cinema along with Malayalam and Tamil Television series. Career Das was active in the film industry during the early-2000s. She started her career with the 2001 film ''Ee Para ...

as Nandini Shankar *

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as Dr. Kalyani Devarajan (died in the serial) * Sanjeev as Valmiki *

Shreekumar Shreekumar Ganesh is a Tamil television actor. He is best known for playing various roles in Super Hit Serials ''Anandham'' (2003–2009), '' Ahalya'' (2004–2006), ''Malargal'' (2005–2007), ''Bhandham'' (2006–2009), '' Idhayam'' (2009–20 ...

as Shankar Devarajan

Recurring cast

Nalini Nalini (Devanagari: नलिनी) is a female gender Indian given name, which means "lotus", "goddess Gayatri","mother of Vedas", "sweet nectar", "Amrit", Feminine "lily" in Sanskrit.''Baby Names''"Nalini" Retrieved on 9 January 2016. The name ...

as Mangalam *

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as Gangadharan *

Sathyapriya Sathyapriya is an Indian actress. She has acted in over 350 films, and played the heroine in a few of them. She made her debut in ''Manjal Mugame Varuga'' opposite Vijayakumar in Tamil. Her notable films include ''Besuge'', ''Dharmasere'', ''H ...

as Padma *

Chitra Lakshmanan Lakshmanan Ramasamy (born 23 January 1948), known professionally as Chitra Lakshmanan, is an Indian journalist, filmmaker and actor. He produced and directed several Tamil language films starring some of Tamil cinema's major stars during the 19 ...

as Devarajan *

T. P. Gajendran T. P. Gajendran (1955 – 5 February 2023) was an Indian film director and actor who played minor roles. He directed more than 15 films and acted in more than 100 films. He was the son of Tuticorin MR.Perumal. Actress T. P. Muthulakshmi, his s ...

* Shari * Rajashree / Varsha *

Devadarshini Devadarshini is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil films, in addition to few Telugu films and television series. She began her career as a television anchor before venturing into acting, first in television and then in films. ...

as Jeya *

Neelima Rani Neelima Rani is an Indian actress, a dubbing artist and producer who is mainly known for her roles in Tamil-language soap operas and movies in antagonistic roles. Career Neelima started her career in ''Oru Pennin Kathai'' when she was in sc ...

as Sumathi * Shyam Ganesh *

Yugendran Yugendran (born Yugendran Vasudevan on 20 December 1976) is an Indian actor and singer who has sung hundreds of songs in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. He is also an occasional music director and host. Personal life Yugendran is the son of the ...

Sai Prashanth Sai Prashanth (7 June 1985 – 13 March 2016) was an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films and television serials. He has acted in films including Barathi, Aintham Padai, Thegidi, ''Neram'' (2013) and ''Vadacurry'' (2014). He st ...

as Prasad * Vijay Sarathy as Ganesh * Ramesh * Sudha * Vasanth * Rajini Nivetha * K.Manokhar * Bharthy

Remake

The series was remade in Hindi as Dil Se Diya Vachan which aired on

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in 2010-2011. The

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starred Vandana Joshi as Nandini Rajadhyaksha (Nandini),

Gaurav Khanna Gaurav Khanna (born 11 December 1981) is an Indian television actor and model. He is known for his roles of Neil in ''Jeevan Saathi'', Inspector Kavin in ''CID'' and Akshay in '' Tere Bin''. He currently portrays Anuj Kapadia in Star Plus's '' ...

as Prem Rajadhyaksha (Piream) and

Neena Gupta Neena Gupta (born 4 June 1959) is an Indian actress and television director who works in Hindi films and television. Known for her work in both art-house and commercial films, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for pl ...

as Dr. Kalyani Rajadhyaksha (Dr.Kalyani).

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Vision Time on YouTube

Official Website

Sun TV on YouTube

Sun TV Network

Sun Group
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