Siragadikka Aasai (TV Series)

Siragadikka Aasai () is a Tamil television drama that currently airs on Star Vijay, starring Vetri Vasanth and Gomathi Priya, with direction by S. Kumaran. It began airing on Star Vijay on 23rd January 2023 on Monday to Friday and is also available on the digital platform Disney+ Hotstar. This series was launched along with Mahanadhi.

Plot

Circumstances force Meena, a family-centric girl, to marry Muthu, a thug. Will this unfortunate marriage turn into love?

The show introduces us to Muthu, a thug who despises the concept of love, as well as Meena, a family-centric woman who works at her parents flower-stall near their local temple.

Muthu is an alcoholic and always comes home drunk, whilst also engaging in fights as well - even arguing with his mum, who resents him for his bad past as well as his bad habits. The only two people that have some sort of love and affection for him are his father and grandmother, who raised him as a child. Meena is a family-centric girl and they live in a flat. However, they face problems with Sudhakar (the loan shark), who lusts after Meena, as well as a poor financial status. Muthu and Meena always get into fights, with Meena not knowing that Muthu is Annamalai’s second son, but Muthu comes across Meena and her family. This ends up with the two of them disliking each other due to their constant conflicts.

After Sathya (Meena’s brother) gets negatively influenced by Chiti, a local don, he ends up stealing Muthu’s bike out of envy of not getting one from his parents. He ends up going to jail but is released after Muthu withdraws the case after Meena asks him to. Sathya then speaks harshly to his father after he scolds him and kicks him out, which makes him depressed and he commits suicide by getting hit by a train, which Annamalai was driving on his final day on the job. Feeling guilty, Annamalai pays them a visit and decides to make Meena his daughter-in-law instead of giving them money, as he sees that there’s more than what meets the eye in their situation. Amidst this all, Manoj is in love with Jeeva, who has hidden intentions as she wants Annamalai’s settlement money and wants to fly off to Canada.

On the day of the wedding, it’s revealed that Manoj has eloped with Jeeva and has left a letter for his family - however, Jeeva and her friend have drained the 27 lakh from their joint account and Manoj goes into hiding out of embarrassment that he has no money and no girlfriend - leaving everyone at the wedding hall in shock. An argument ensues between Chandra and Annamalai about the wedding, Sudhakar intervenes with his own intentions of marrying Meena and proceeds to beat Annamalai and Ravi up for intervening in his plan. At that moment, Muthu sees this and beats up Sudhakar in retaliation and it’s revealed that he’s Annamalai’s second son. A flashback is shown to a previous episode, where Sudhakar kidnaps Meena and Muthu (in a helmet) saves her - Meena realises that Muthu was the person that saved her from Sudhakar. Chandra pacifies Meena and makes her accept the marriage with Muthu to avoid shame; whilst Annamalai has Muthu agree to marry Meena after nearly falling at Muthu’s feet. The two end up tying the knot, against each others wishes.

Whilst Meena deals with the new challenges that come along with marriage, as well as her personal life, will Muthu get over his rocky past and accept Meena as her wife?

Cast

Main

* Gomathi Priya as Meena Muthukumar
** Muthu's wife, a young woman who works in a flower shop, she is a kind and sweet girl who respects everyone. (2023–present)
* Vetri Vasanth as Muthukumar (Muthu)
** Meena's husband, an alcoholic man with a cryptic past, who doesn't listen to anyone, however, his love and affection towards his father and grandmother remain unchanged. (2023–present)

Supporting

* R. Sundarrajan as Annamalai: Muthukumar's father, the only one in Muthu's family that cares for Muthu, as well as acting as a 'father-figure' towards Meena due to her dad passing away.
* Anila Sreekumar as Vijaya: Muthukumar's mother. She cares more for Manoj than she does for Muthu, due to his past, as well as his lack of education. She also doesn't like Meena, since she's from a lower-class family.
* Bhagyalakshmi as Parvathi: Vijaya’s close friend
* Tamil Selvi as Chandra: Meena's mother.
* Sri Deva as Manoj Kumar - Muthu's elder brother
* Yogesh (2023) / Pranav Mohanan (2023 - present) as Ravikumar - Muthu's younger brother
* Revathy as Nachiyar: Annamalai's mother, who raised Muthu when he was younger as Vijaya had enough of him.
* Diwakar as Sathya - Meena's brother
* Sangeetha as Seetha - Meena's sister
* Sudhakar as Sudhakar - a loan shark who Meena and her family owe money to. He lusts for Meena and vows for revenge on Muthu after previous altercations.
* Atchaya Bharathi as Jeeva - Manoj’s former love interest. She cheats Manoj out of the settlement money that he thought he was going to start a business with her and jets off to Canada.
* Narasimha Raju as Jayaraj: Meena's father. (Deceased)
* Salma as Kalyani/Rohini, a woman who lost her husband due to old age after 2 years of marriage and has a child, but she hides this and wants to marry Manoj. (Manoj's love interest)
* Shruthi Narayanan as Vidhya - Kalyani’s friend
* Preetha Reddy as Shruthi, Vasudevan’s daughter, who initially gets into a tiff with Ravi, but warms up to him after tasting his cooking.
* unknown as Vasudevan, the train manager of Annamalai’s company, who withholds his pension money due to an earlier altercation with Muthu at an award cermony he hosted.

Production

Casting

Gomathi Priya was cast in the female lead role as Meena after her role as Valli in ''Velaikkaran'', whilst newcomer Vetri Vasanth was cast as the male lead role as Muthukumar, with his rise to fame coming through his numerous short films which gained popularity with younger viewers. R. Sundarrajan was cast as Annamalai, and makes his comeback to Tamil television after three years. Anila Sreekumar was cast as Vijaya, returning to Vijay TV after previously acting in Paavam Ganesan and Kaatrin Mozhi on the channel. Narasimha Raju, Yogesh and Tamilselvi were also selected for supporting roles. Pranav Mohanan replaced Yogesh as Ravi, after Yogesh quit the show citing personal reasons.

Release

The first promo was unveiled on 28 December 2022, which gave a brief insight in both Muthu and Meena’s lives. The second promo was unveiled on 15 January 2023, revealing the upcoming release date. The third promo was unveiled on 19 January 2023, featuring Muthu’s family. The same day, a fourth promo was unveiled featuring Meena’s family.

Airing history

The show started airing on Star Vijay on 23 January 2023 and it aired on Monday to Friday at 21:30 (IST). There was a time change on Monday 17 April 2023, from which the show now airs at 21:00 (IST) from then onwards.

References

External links

Aasai''
at Disney+ Hotstar

{{STAR Vijay TV shows

Star Vijay original programming
2023 Tamil-language television series debuts
Tamil-language television shows
Tamil-language romance television series
Tamil-language melodrama television series
Television shows set in Tamil Nadu