Mappillai is a 2016-2017 Indian

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soap opera starring

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and

Sreeja Chandran Sreeja Chandran (born 6 August 1986) is an Indian television actress who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil soap operas. She played the lead in STAR Vijay's serial Saravannan Meenatchi as Meenatchi. Personal life She acted in ''Sa ...

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initially broadcast the series on weeknights at 9:00PM (

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), with the debut episode screened on 14 November 2016. On 26 June 2017, the broadcast time of the show was changed to 8:00PM (

). The show reunited actor-actress couple, Senthil Kumar and Sreeja Chandran, who previously starred together in television soap operas ''Madhurai'', and the first season of ''

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''. The show ended from 6 October 2017 with 241 Episodes.

Plot

It is a story about Senthil (

) who is forced to live in his mother-in law's house which isn't a dignity according to Tamil people. Further, the show deals with the difficulties he goes through in Jaya`s (

) house because of her parents and how a husband supports his wife in achieving success in her life.

Cast

Main

"Senthil" *

as Jaya Chandran "Jaya" (Maya) * Pandi Kamal as Kamal * Janani Ashok Kumar as Janani Kamal * Rajashekar as Chandran, Jaya, Ramya, Janani, Sakthi & Divya's father

Recurring

* Azhgappan as Azhagappan * Anbazhgan as Anbazhagan "Anbu" * Priya Prince as Priya * Ramya Ramakrishna as Ramya Chandran * Teenu as Sakthi Tamizh: Krish's 1st lover and Tamizh's wife * Vaishali Taniga as Divya Chandran *

Sabitha Anand Sabitha Anand is an Indian actress who has performed in Tamil and Malayalam movies and serials. She was one of the lead actresses in the 1980s. She is the daughter of Jacoob Abdu Rahman Anand, an Indian actor in Malayalam movies during the 1960 ...

as Sharadha: Senthil, Kamal & Shalu's mother * Shamily Sukumar as Shalu, Senthil's sister & Krish's wife * RJ Navalakshmi as police inspector Selvi * Viji Kannan as Parvathi Jaya, Ramya, Janani, Sakthi & Divya's mother * Devi Priya as Devi * Maanas Chavali as Krishna "Krish" *

Amit Bhargav Amit Bhargav is an Indian actor who has appeared in films and television shows in Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He became popular for his role in the Kannada television series '' Seethe'' in which he played Lord Rama. He was noted for his short ro ...

as Deepak * Stalin Muthu as Tamizh * Yamini as Maggi aka Madhumitha * Kumaran Thangarajan as Jeeva

Awards and nominations

In 2017, at its

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, the channel gave its Nominated nine Category awards and This series was won Four awards.

References

External links

Official Website
at

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* {{STAR Vijay TV shows Star Vijay original programming Tamil-language television shows Television shows set in Tamil Nadu 2016 Tamil-language television series debuts Tamil-language romance television series 2017 Tamil-language television series endings