''Sthreedhanam'' ( en, Dowry) was an Indian
Malayalam
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-language television
soap opera
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drama. The show premiered on
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channel and streaming on
Hotstar
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from 2 July 2012 to 14 May 2016.
Kannada
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actress
Chithra Shenoy
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along with
Divya Padmini
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Career
While Padmini was studying at NSS College ...
and Rajiv Roshan played the major roles.
It is remade in
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as
Ponnukku Thanga Manasu
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on
Star Vijay
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. It is remade in
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S ...
on
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as ''Kante Koothurne Kanali''.
Plot
The show begins with Prashanthan's wedding. He is the eldest among Sethulakshmi and Lakshmanan Pillai's three sons. They belong to the refined Palat clan.
Sethulakshmi is a dominant and greedy mother who forcefully pushed Prashanthan to marry Divya from the Meledath family. But Sethulakshmi was not happy that Divya will be part of their family with a worthless grant and small gold. All she wants is Divya's wealth. She used her power as Divya's mother-in-law and gave Divya and her parents an extremely big trouble. Mayuri is the cousin of Prashanthan asked about what is going on in the Palat's family.
She wished to ruin Prashanthan and Divya's marriage because she wants to become Prashanthan's wife. She uses deceitful tricks when there is a chance. Meanwhile, Sethulakshmi found out that Divya's jewelry are all fake, so she brings Divya back to their house. And later finds out that it is a settlement between Prashanthan and Govindhan, Divya's father. So she decided that Divya can only come back to their house if she provides her entire ornaments.
Govindhan borrowed money to buy what Sethulakshmi wants and returned her daughter to the Palat's house. Prakashan, the younger brother of Prashanthan, is in love with Veni. Sethulakshmi accepts her because she came from a wealthy family. Their marriage was arranged, and the conceited Veni entered the Palat's household. However, Sethulakshmi did not give her freedom. And that's where the story goes.
The film is based on ''Sthreedhanam'' by C. V. Nirmala. It deals with the problems created by dowry in a middle class Malayali family. This film has also been interpreted in a serial, with the same name.
Cast
Main
*
Divya Vishwanth as Divya Prasanth MLA
*
Chithra Shenoy
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as Palat Sethulakshmi
*
Sonu Satheesh Kumar
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as Veni
*Rajeev Roshan as Prashanthan
*Midhun/Prakash as Indran
*Ambarish / Dheepan Murali as Prasad
*Vishnu Prakash as Lekshmanan (Lekshmi) Pillai
*Kottayam Rasheed as Mathi Suku
*Rajeev Ganesh as Prakashan
Recurring
*
Arya Rohit
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as Pooja Prasad
*Deepa Jayan as Prema
*Haridas as Dr.Vinayan
*Sidha Raj as Swaminathan
*Kavitha Lakshmi as Santha Sukumaran
*Gayathri Varsha as Prema's Mother in law
*Sini Varghese as Mayuri
*Rajani Murali as Mayuri's mother
*Arya Sreeram / Dini Daniel as Varada
* Amala Rose Kurian/ Alice Christy as Keerthana
*Molly kannamaly as Chala Mary
*
Senthil Krishna
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Personal life
He married Akhila from Calicut on 24 August 2019 at Guruvayoor Sreekrishna Temple ...
as Natholi Nelson
*Santosh Sashidharan as Ananthan
*
Mahesh as Dinakaran
*Madhu Mohan as Manuel
*Sruthy as Razia
*Anoop Sai as Appu
*Lakshmi as Devi
*Harikumaran Thampi as Thanku
*
Sajan Surya
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He has done over 100 television series and has established himself ...
as Film actor Kiran (Extended Cameo)
*Shibu Laban as Chandrahasanan
*Vijayan as
SI Shoolapaani
*Sumi Santosh
*
Pratheeksha G Pradeep
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*
Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai
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Acting career
He started his career as a theatre artist ...
*Sreejith Cheruvally
*Varsha
*Jismy
*Navya
*Apsara
*Swathi Thara
*Jose Perrorkada
*Vanchiyoor Praveen Kumar
*Bindu Murali as Pooja's mother
*Sreedevi Anil
*Revathi
Adaptations
References
External links
Official Websiteon
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