Vani Rani (TV Series)

''Vani Rani'' was a 2013 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on Sun TV from 21 January 2013 to 8 December 2018 for 1,743 episodes. The show starred Radikaa Sarathkumar, Venu Arvind and Babloo Prithiveeraj.

This show was directed by C J Baskar and produced by Radaan Mediaworks. This was Radaan Mediaworks' longest-running serial and fourth longest-running Tamil serial after Chandralekha , Valli and Kalyana Parisu. The show started to re-telecast on Kalaignar TV from 19 July 2021 Monday to Saturday 10:00PM–10:30PM.

Radhika reprised the roles of Vani and Rani again in serial named Ponni C/O Vani Rani which is being aired in Kalaignar TV.

Plot

Identical twin-sisters, Vaani and Raani are raised by their uncle, Maanikkam, after their parents died. Raani sacrifices her education for Vaani, who aspires to be a lawyer. After years, Vaani becomes a successful lawyer and marries Bhoominaathan, a granite businessman. Raani marries Bhoominaathan's half-brother, Swaminaathan, a restaurant owner. Maanikkam's son, Manohar falls in love with Bhoominaathan's sister, Jyothi. Raani is forced to get them married, earning Vaani and Raani the wrath of their uncle and their mother-in-law, Angayarkanni. Vaani refuses to speak with Raani after that.

As years pass, Vaani and Bhoominaathan turn out to be very successful, while Raani and Swaminaathan are struggling since all of Swaminaathan's business turn out to be failures. Vaani has two sons, Suryanarayana and Gautham, while Rani has three children, Saravanan, Selvi and Thenmozhi. They all live in same house. Angayarkanni, who is jealous of Vaani and Raani's close relationship, enters and worsens the problems. Raani's elder daughter, Selvi falls in love and marries Rajesh with only Vaani as a chance witness, resulting in Vaani and Raani to get separated. However, Bhoominaathan later realizes his faults, turns over a new leaf and sends his mother away and tries to get the family together.

They get together but live in separate houses. Kadhir, a local don who has his vengeance against Raani's son, Saravanan, creates problems. Vaani's younger son, Gautham marries Kadhir's niece, Pooja to rescue Saravanan. Kadhir turns good after Pooja's marriage. Jyothi's daughter, Poongodi is involved in a love triangle between her cousins. Karthik and Saravanan. Selvi also faces numerous problems through her father-in-law, Kaali, Alamelu and Shenbagam, Shiva, Geetha, and Maalathy. Vaani's elder son, Suryanarayan marries Dimple, who hates Vaani. Gautham becomes a policeman and investigates a murder that took place in a quarry which was owned by GP. GP is also a prominent business magnate and industrialist who controls the Indian medicine mafia activity, and his son Arya was a famous criminal dealing in international illegal mafia activities. Gautham kills Arya, enraging GP and then GP vows revenge. GP tries killing Kathir but finally gets arrested by Gautham. Saravanan marries Pavithra.

The rivalry between Vaani and Akilaandaeshwari starts because of Suryanarayan's relationship with the latter's daughter, Janani during college days. They had a daughter, Riyah. Akilaandaeshwari's brother, Sudhakar murders Janani and frames Vaani. Akilaandaeshwari vows to take revenge against Vaani and Raani family. Raani's younger daughter, Thenmozhi falls off a hilltop and loses her memories. She is rescued by Chandrika and her brother, Poochi. Chandrika treats Thenmozhi like her late daughter, Bhavaani and refuses to give back Thenmozhi to Raani. Akilaandaeshwari helps her and forces her to smuggle drugs but Raani and Vaani save Thenmozhi, who regained her memory. Akilaandaeshwari and Sudhaakar begin a new plan with the help of Neela and Sanjay. Neela blackmails Saravanan and Surya through a plan and make money from them, and Sanjay takes Bhoominaathan's company with the help of Sudhaakar and creates confusion between Saaminaathan and Bhoominaathan.

Angayarkanni is murdered by Sanjay and Saaminaathan gets framed, occurring fights between Bhoominaathan and Saaminaathan. Sanjay plans to murder Saaminaathan and Raani. Meanwhile, the evidence that Sanjay was the murderer of Angayarkanni which was kept in Riyah's doll, reaches Saaminaathan and Raani. They blackmail Sanjay, who later exposed as murderer. Hence, Bhoominaathan and Saaminaathan are reunited. To save Vaani, Raani puts her life in danger. Vaani faints learning Raani's situation. After some emotional affection between the sisters, their health improves. Akilaandaeshwari finds that Janani is murdered by Sudhakar is arrested by Gautham, while apologizing for all of her mistakes from Vaani and Raani. Finally, the family remains united.

Cast

Main cast

* Radikaa Sarathkumar in a dual role as:
** Advocate Vani Bhoominathan – Manikkam's elder niece; Rani's twin sister; Bhoomi's wife; Surya and Gautham's mother; Riya and Mano's grandmother
** Rani Saaminathan – Manikkam's younger niece; Vani's twin sister; Saami's wife; Saravanan, Selvi and Thenu's mother; Jr. Manikkam and Santhosh's grandmother
* Venu Arvind as Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi – Angayarkanni's son; Jyoti's brother; Saami's half-brother; Vani's husband; Surya and Gautham's father; Riya and Mano's grandfather
* Babloo Prithiveeraj as Saaminathan aka Saami – Angayarkanni's step-son; Bhoomi and Jyoti's half-brother; Rani's husband; Saravanan, Selvi and Thenu's father; Jr. Manikkam and Santhosh's grandfather

Recurring cast

* Vignesh Kumar as Gauthamkrishnan "Gautham" Bhoominathan – Vani and Bhoomi's younger son; Surya's brother; Pooja's husband
* Navya Swamy as Pooja Karuppuswamy Gauthamkrishnan - Gautham's wife
* Arun Kumar Rajan as Suryanarayanan "Surya" Bhoominathan – Vani and Bhoomi's elder son; Gautham's brother; Dimple's husband; Riya and Mano's father
*Neelima Rani as Dimple Ponnambalam Suryanarayan – Ponnambalam and Alamelu's daughter; Surya's wife; Mano's mother
* Sujith Suprabha / Maanas Chavali as Saravanan Saaminathan – Rani and Saami's son; Selvi and Thenu's brother; Pavithra's husband; Santhosh's father
* Nikhila Rao / Niranjani Ashok as Selvi Saaminathan Rajesh – Rani and Saami's elder daughter; Saravanan and Thenu's sister; Rajesh's wife; Jr. Manikkam's mother
* Neha Menon as Thenmozhi "Thenu" Saaminathan / Bhavani (fake) – Rani and Saami's younger daughter; Saravanan and Selvi's sister
* Shruthi Shanmuga Priya as Pavithra Sadhasivam Saravanan – Sadhasivam and Mythili's daughter; Saravanan's wife; Santhosh's mother
* Ravikumar as Manikkam – Shankari's widower; Vani and Rani's uncle; Mekala and Manohar's father; Karthik, Poongodi and Ganesha's grandfather
* Sivaji Manohar as Manohar Manikkam – Manikkam and Shankari's son; Mekala's brother; Jyoti's husband; Poongodi and Ganesha's father
* Gayathri Shastry / Jyothi Reddy / Roopa Sree / Premi Venkat as Jyoti Manohar – Angayarkanni's daughter; Bhoomi's sister; Saami's half-sister; Manohar's wife; Poongodi and Ganesha's mother
*Mamilla Shailaja Priya as Akhilandeshwari – Sudhakar's sister; Janani and Sandhya's mother; Vani and Rani's enemy
* Rajendran as Ponnambalam – Dimple's father
* Srilekha Rajendran as Alamelu Ponnambalam – Dimple's mother
* "Saathappan" Nandakumar as Mayilvaganam – Dimple's uncle
* Joker Thulasi as Point – Vani's assistant
* Ramachandran Mahalingam as Sadasivam – Pavithra's father
* Dharini as Mythili Sadasivam – Pavithra's mother
* Chandrasekharan as Sudhakar – Akhilandeshwari's brother; Janani's murderer
* Shanthi Williams as Angayarkanni – Bhoomi and Jyothi's mother; Saami's step-mother; Surya, Gautham, Poongodi and Ganesha's grandmother; Saravanan, Selvi and Thenu's step-grandmother (Dead)
* Baboos as Kaaliappan – Alamelu's brother; Sundari and Shanti's husband; Rajesh and Malathi's father (Dead)
* Sangeetha Balan as Sundari Kaaliappan – Kaalippan's first wife; Rajesh's mother; Malathi's step-mother
* Meenakshi Muruha as Shanti Kaaliappan – Kaalippan's second wife; Malathi's mother; Rajesh's step-mother
* Jyothi / Minnal Deepa as Malathi Kaalippan Aarumugam – Kaaliappan and Shanti's daughter; Sundari's step-daughter; Rajesh's half-sister; Aarumugam's wife
* Murali Krishnan as Aarumugam – Malathi's husband
* Andrew Jesudoss as Kadhiravan – Pooja's uncle; Pushpa's husband
* Sasikala Shree as Pushpa Kadhiravan – Kadhiravan's wife; Pooja's aunt (Dead)
* Sudha Pushpa as Sudha Karuppuswamy – Pooja's mother (Dead)
* Mohan as Karuppuswamy – Pooja's father (Dead)
* Kovai Desingu as Aasaan – Pooja's uncle; Mani's father
* Aravish Glitzy as Mani – Aasaan's son
* Raj Mithran as Balasubramaniam – Parvatham's brother; Mekala's husband; Karthik's father
* Veena Venkatesh as Mekala Manikkam Balasubramaniam – Manikkam and Shankari's daughter; Manohar's sister; Balasubramaniam's wife; Karthik's mother
* Nagalakshmi as Parvatham – Balasubramaniam's sister; Azhagumayil's mother
* Geethanjali as Azhagumayil – Parvatham's daughter
* Kavithalaya Krishnan as Krishnamurthy "Krishnan" – Vijayalakshmi's husband; Teju and Mithran's father (Dead)
* Nathan Shyam as Mithran Krishnan – Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi's son; Teju's brother
* Shamily Sukumar as Tejaswini "Teju" Krishnan – Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi's daughter; Mithran's sister
* Radha as Vijayalakshmi Krishnan – Krishnan's wife; Mithran and Teju's mother
* Sathya Sai as Sivagami
* Suhasini as Nandini Dheenadayalan
* Prakash Rajan as Dheenadayalan
* Nalini as Krishnaveni
* Mamathi Chari as
** Kokila Saaminathan – Saami's fiancée (Dead)
** Jessie – Kokila's look-alike
* Anusha Rai as Tulasi – Mani's girlfriend (Dead)
* Usha Elizabeth as Tulasi's mother
* Sivakumar as Mahalingam
* Sumangali as Alamelu Thangarasu – Kaaliappan's sister; Thangarasu's wife; Shenbagam's mother
* Mohan as Thangarasu – Alamelu's husband; Shenbagam's father
* Sridevi Ashok as Shenbagam Thangarasu – Alamelu and Thangarasu's daughter (Dead)
* Kannayiram as Muthu
* Jayaraman Mohan as Shiva
* Vasu Vikram as Moorthy – Devika's father; Bhoomi's ex-partner (Dead)
* Sri Vidhya Shankar as Devika's mother
* Reshma Pasupuleti as Devika Moorthy
* Krishna Kishore as Krishna
* Nithya Ravindran as Savithri – Valli's mother
* Azhagu as House owner – Savithri's husband; Valli's father
* Nivetha as Valli – Savithri's daughter; Velu's cousin
* Vimal Raj as Kaththi Sekar
* Sathyajit as Kailash
* Bharath as Velu Naagaraj – Naagaraj and Muthupechi's son
* Ravi Chandran as Naagaraj – Velu's father (Dead)
* Deepa Shankar as Muthupechi Naagaraj – Velu's mother; House-owner's sister
* Mohan Sharma as Viswanathan – Agalya and Anjali's father
* Krithika Laddu as Agalya Viswanathan – Vishwanathan's daughter; Anjali's sister; Saravanan's late fiancée (Dead)
* Nivedhitha Pankaj as Anjali Viswanathan – Vishwanathan's daughter; Agalya's sister (Dead)
* Abhishek as Mugundhan
* Nakshatra Nagesh as Rudhra
* Meena Kumari as Rudhra's mother
* Vazhakku En Muthuraman as AC Anbuchelvan
* Madhuvanti Arun as Chandrika Eswar – Poochi's sister; Eswar's wife; Bhavani's mother; Thenu's foster mother
* Sai Swetha as Bhavani Eswar – Chandrika and Eswar's daughter (Dead)
* Bhanu Sri as Sandhya – Akhilandeshwari younger daughter; Janani's sister
* Priya as Janani – Akhilandeshwari's elder daughter; Surya's ex-fiancée; Riya's mother (Dead)
* Vasavi as Asha
* B. H. Tharun Kumar as Guru Paadham aka GP (Dead)
* Fawaz Zayani as Arya (Dead)
* C. Ranganathan as Haneef - Bhoominathan's friend

Music

The title song was written by lyricist Pa. Vijay, composed C. Sathya sung by Sakthisree Gopalan, Dharshini and Kaushik Menon. It was remade in three different languages.

Soundtrack

Adaptations

References

External links

Official website


Sun TV on YouTube

Sun TV Network


Sun Group

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Sun TV original programming
2013 Tamil-language television series debuts
2010s Tamil-language television series
Tamil-language television shows
2018 Tamil-language television series endings