Annamalai (2002 TV series)

Annamalai
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Radikaa Sarathkumar
Screenplay by	Babu Yogeswaran Saiprakash K.Vijayan Dialogues: Babu Yogeswaran Saiprakash K.Vijayan
Story by	C. J. Baskar
Directed by	C. J. Baskar (1-278) Sundar K. Vijayan (279-757)
Creative director	Radikaa Sarathkumar
Starring	Radikaa Sarathkumar Sivakumar Jyothi Lakshmi Deepa Venkat Kuyili Viji Chandrasekhar Ponvannan Shanmugasundaram Ajay Rathnam Devadarshini Shyam Ganesh Vijay Adhiraj Kalyani
Theme music composer	Dhina (Title Song) Kiran (Background Score)
Opening theme	Tamil - "Uyirgal Pirappathu" (Vocals) K. S. Chithra KK M. L. R. Karthikeyan Telugu- "Manasu Unnathi" (Vocals) SPB Swarnalatha
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	757
Production
Producer	Radikaa Sarathkumar
Cinematography	Sakthi Saravanan(1-251) Pons Chandra (252-757)
Editor	T.Parthasarathy
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 20-22 minutes per episode
Production company	Radaan Mediaworks
Original release
Network	Sun TV
Release	11 February 2002 (2002-02-11) – 21 January 2005 (2005-01-21)

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Annamalai is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired Monday through Friday on Sun TV from 21 February 2002 to 21 January 2005.^[1][2]

This 757-episode series starred Sivakumar, Radhika Sarathkumar, Jyothi Lakshmi, Kuyili, Viji Chandrasekhar, Ponvannan, Shanmugasundaram, Ajay Rathnam, Devadarshini, Shyam Ganesh, Vijay Adhiraj and Deepa Venkat. It was produced by Radaan Mediaworks Radhika and directed by C.J. Bhaskar and Sundar K. Vijayan.^[3] It was dubbed into Telugu as Sivayya and broadcast on Gemini TV.

The story involves the long-term dispute between the two families who are considered as rivals for the ownership of Azhvarkurichi's Annamalaiyar temple for many generations. It is currently headed by Pattalathar Ammaiyappa and Gandhimadhi of the Ratnagiri family. Annamalai is the only daughter of Pattalathar and he named her after a temple's deity. The reason of rivalry between Pattalathar's family and Ratnagiri's family is because, one of the Gandhimathi's ancestor had lost the temple's ownership in gambling to the Pattalathar family. Since then, the two families fight for the temple.

The trouble unfolds when Ulaganathan (Gandhimadhi's son and heir to the property) falls in love with Annamalai. Using this opportunity, Gandhimadhi demands the Pattalathar's family to transfer the property deeds of the Annamalaiyar temple to her family after which Ulaganathan will marry Annamalai. Thavasi the eldest son of Patalathar is the one who holds the deeds of the Annamalaiyar temple. Thavasi is very fond of her sister Annamalai and for the sake of her happiness, he promises to transfer the deeds of Annamalaiyar temple to Gandhimadhi's family without the knowledge of Pattalathar.

After which Ulaganathan and Annamalai are married. Then the serial takes a turn when a murder occurs in their village and with schemes of Paarkavi who is the servant of Ghandimadhi, Annamalai faces a series of hurdles and problems, but still loves and cares for her family.

The story later portrays as to how she acts as an important character in building a bridge and ending all the misunderstandings the two families have had between them.

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• Sivakumar as Thavasi
• Radikaa Sarathkumar as Annamalai (Thavasi's sister)
  • Neena as Young Annamalai
• Shyam Ganesh as Ulaganathan (Annamalai and Shanthi's husband)
  • SPB Charan as Young Ulaganathan
• Kuyili as Visalam Thavasi (Thavasi's wife)
• Ponvannan as Gomathi Nayagam
• Viji Chandrasekhar as Shanthi (Gomathi's sister)
• Prem as Nambi (Pattalathar's last son) ^[4]
• Riyaz Khan/Ravi Raghavendra as Nallasivam (Pattalathar's third son)
• Shanmugasundaram as Pattalathar alias Ammaiyappan (Thavasi, Nallasivam, Annamalai, Nambi, Gomathinayagam and Santhi's father)
• Jyothi Lakshmi as Gandhimadhi (Ulaganathan and Valliammai's mother)
• Devadarshini as Valliammai (Ulaganathan's sister)
• Ajay Rathnam as Anbhazhagan
• Manjari Vinodhini as Tamizharasi Nallasivam (Anbhazhagan's sister and Nallasivam's wife)
• Vijay Adhiraj as Anwar (Annamalai's friend) ^[5]

• Shanmugasundaram as Pattalathar alias Ammaiyappan (Thavasi, Nallasivam, Annamalai, Nambi, Gomathinayagam and Santhi's father)
• Meera Krishnan as Thangamma (Pattalathar's second wife and Gomathi Nayagam and Santhi's mother)
• Sivakumar as Thavasi (Pattalathar's first son)
• Ponvannan as Gomathi Nayagam (Pattalathar's second son)
• Riyaz Khan/Ravi Raghavendra as Nallasivam (Pattalathar's third son)
• Viji Chandrasekhar as Shanthi (Pattalathar's first daughter)
• Radhika Sarathkumar as Annamalai (Pattalathar's second daughter)
  • Neena as Young Annamalai
• Pream as Nambi (Pattalathar's last son) ^[4]
• Kuyili as Visalam Thavasi (Thavasi's wife)
• Arun Prabu Purushothaman as Sivakumar (Thavasi and Visalam's son)
• Kalyani as Suriya (Ulaganathan and Annamalai's daughter)
• Pasi Sathya as Sankari Paati (Pattalathar's elder sister)

• Jyothi Lakshmi as Gandhimadhi (Ulaganathan and Valliammai's mother)
• Shyam Ganesh as Ulaganathan (Gandhimadhi's son and Annamalai and Shanthi's husband)
  • S.P.B Charan as Young Ulaganathan
• Devadarshini as Valliammai alias Valli (Gandhimadhi's daughter and Gomathi's wife)

• Ajay Rathnam as Anbhazhagan
• Manjari Vinodhini as Tamizharasi Nallasivam (Anbhazhagan's sister and Nallasivam's wife)
• Sindhu as Thulasi Anbhazhagan (Anbhazhagan's wife)

• Poovilangu Mohan as Mandiramoorthy alias Kangaaniyaar
• Sonia as Chellamma, Mandiramoorthy's wife
• Sanjeev as Vinayagam "Vinay" (Mandiramoorthy's elder son)
• Venkat as Subramani "Subbu" (Mandiramoorthy's second son, Vinay's twin brother)
• Shobana as Mandiramoorthy's mother-in-law, Chellamma and Poongodi's mother and Vinay and Subbu's maternal grandmother.
• Sivakavitha as Poongodi (Chellamma's sister and Mandiramoorthy's sister in law)
• Raani as Meena (Vinayagam's wife)

• Vijay Adhiraj as Anwar (Annamalai's friend) ^[5]
• Prithi as Nargis (Anwar's sister)
• Devi Priya as Maryam Anwar (Anwar's wife)
• Dev Anand Sharma as Basheer (Nargis' husband)

• Bhanu Prakash as Kathiresan alias Kathir (Jeeva, Jyothi and Jhansi's father)
• Nandakumar as Sathappan (Kathir's elder brother)
• Deepa Venkat as Jeeva (Kathir's first daughter and Annamalai's adoptive daughter)
• Iswarya as Jyothi (Kathir's second daughter and Annamalai's adoptive daughter)
• Pooja as Jhansi (Kathir's last daughter, Annamalai's adoptive daughter and Nambi's wife)

• N. Santhanam/Sureshwar as Sakthi (Jeeva's husband)
• Vizhuthugal Santhanam as Sakthi's father
• Bombay Gnanam/Revathee Shankar as Sakthi's mother
• Cheenu Mohan as Sakthi's brother
• Shobana as Shobhana (Sakthi's sister-in-law)
• Latha Rao/ Geethalakshmi as Latha (Sakthi's sister)

• Sai Prashanth as Diwakar
• Idichapuli Selvaraj as Diwakar's father
• Gauthami Vembunathan as Diwakar's mother
• Priyanka as Sheela (Diwakar's sister)

• Pollachi Babu as Santhanam
• Sadhasivam as Nellaiappan
• K. S. Jayalakshmi as Bhargavi (Gandhimadhi's servant)
• Ramachandran as Nagaraj
• Keerthana as Indumathy
• Delhi Kumar as Seshadri (Pattalathar's legal advisor)
• Nagesh Krishnamoorthi as Krishnamachari (Gandhimadhi's legal advisor)
• Siva as Basha
• Raviraj as Arumugam
• Mali as G.D. (Anwar's friend)
• Vijay Sarathy as Gowri Shankar ( Ulaganathan's best friend)
• Kalpana Sri as Sumathi (Annamalai's best friend and Gowri Shankar's wife)
• Balu Anand as Pushpadas, A fraudulent bangle seller
• Bhavana as Meenakshi (Ulaganathan's cousin)
• Shanthi Williams as Meenakshi's mother
• Devaraj as Meenakshi's father

It was written by famous lyricist Vairamuthu. It was sung by K. S. Chithra, KK and M. L. R. Karthikeyan.

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