''Meenakshi Ponnunga'' ( ''Meenakshi's daughters'') is a 2022 Indian

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-language television drama airing on

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and streams on digital platform

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. The series premiered on 1 August 2022, it stars Archana with Soundarya Reddy and Aryan in the lead roles. It is an official remake of

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series ''

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''.

Synopsis

Meenakshi gives birth of three daughters Yamuna, Shakthi and Durga. Meenakshi's husband, desperately wanted a son decided to marry Pushpa. So Meenakshi runs a mess named "Meenakshi Mess" with the help of her daughters which was a famous mess in that village. Shakthi vows to become an

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officer to avenge her father. Meanwhile Vetri, son of Ranganayagi falls in love with Shakthi.

Cast

Main

* Mokshitha Pai / Soundarya Reddy as Shakthi – Meenakshi and Needhimani's second daughter; Vetri's love interest * Archana as Meenakshi – Needhimani's first wife; Yamuna, Shakthi & Durga's mother * Aryan as Vetri – Ranganayaki's son

Recurring

* Gayathri Yuvraj as Yamuna – Shakthi's elder sister * Pranika Dhakshu as Durga – Shakthi's younger sister * Sasilaya as Ranganayagi – Vetri's mother * Subathira as Pushpa − Needhimani's 2nd wife; Shanmugam's mother; Shakthi's step-mother * Prabhakaran Yazhini as Needhimani – Meenakshi and Pushpa's Husband; Yamuna, Shakthi, Durga & Shanmugam's father * Sanjay as Shanmugam – Needhimani and Pushpa's son; Shakthi's step-brother * Suganya as Saranya *

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as Shantha * Hema Dayal as Pooja * Thidiyan as Thidiyan

Soundtrack

All the title tracks of the series was composed by

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. The song ''Kannala Thaakura'' was sung by Sarath Santhosh and lyrics by Ku. Karthik.

Production

Development

After the ending of the longest running Zee Tamil TV drama ''

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'', its Production Company ''Insidues Media'' decide to produce ''Meenakshi Ponnunga''. The series was directed by ''

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'' fame L. Muthukumaraswamy. Actress Archana was signed to portray the titular role Meenakshi in her first television debut. Mokshitha Pai, was selected to play the role Shakthi, by marking her debut in

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but later was replaced by Soundarya Reddy in November 2022 who also made her debut in

. Aryan was selected to play the character Vetri. Tamil Motivational speaker Sasilaya, made her first acting in the role of Renganayagi.

Promotion

was promoted their new three fictions '' Maari'', ''

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'' and including this series by making advertisement with actress Sneha,

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and Sangeetha with the slogan "Vanga Paarkalaam Ithu Namma Time" and this promo released on 26 June 2022.

References

External links

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