Azhagu (TV series)

Azhagu (transl. Beauty) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language soap opera starring Shruthi Raj, V J Sangeetha, Revathi and Thalaivasal Vijay. The show premiered on 20 November 2017 and apparently ended on 3 April 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2] The show was produced by Vision Time India Pvt Ltd on Sun TV.[3]

Azhagu
Final Logo of Azhagu
GenreSoap opera
Written by
  • S.Marthu Shankar
  • Thangavel
Screenplay byC. U. Muthuselvan
Ashok Kumar
Kumareshan
S.Muralidharan
Directed by
  • Ravi V.C (Episodes:1-48)
  • O.N.Rathnam (Episodes:49-393)
  • N.Sundhareshwaran (Episodes:394-440)
  • K Venpa Kadhiresan (Episodes: 441-474)
  • P.Selvam (Episodes:475-719)
Creative director(s)V. Murali Raaman
Starring
Theme music composerVishal
Aditya (Title Song)
Kiran (Background Score)
Opening themeAzhagamma
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (Vocals)
Badri Venkatesh (Lyrics)
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Tamil
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes719
Production
Producer(s)Vaidehi Ramamurthy
CinematographyAzhagiya Manavaiyan
P.Chella Pandiyan
Editor(s)M.S Thiyagarajan
R.P.Manikandan
K.Bharath Kumar
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time20-21 minutes
Production company(s)Vision Time India Pvt Ltd
Release
Original networkSun TV
Original release20 November 2017 (2017-11-20) –
3 April 2020 (2020-04-03)
External links
Production website

Synopsis

Season-1

The story is about the nuances of love between husband Palaniswamy and his wife Azhagu, even though they have been married for decades, and have successful and robust individual personas.

Azhagu is the one who finds amicable solutions to all family problems and issues while struggling to help her five children Ravi, Aishwarya, Mahesh, Thiruna and Kavya survive peacefully.

Season-2

Ravi's wife Sudha becomes an ideal daughter in law of the family while Mahesh's wife Poorna hatches various plots against the family. Soon, it is revealed that Poorna and Sudha are Sakundala's long lost daughters. Despite, Poorna turns eviler, and she creates various problems.

Cast

Main
  • Shruthi Raj as Sudha Ravi: Ravi's wife
  • VJ Sangeetha as Poorna Mahesh: Mahesh's wife
  • Revathi as Azhagammai "Azhagu" Palaniswamy: Palaniswamy's wife
  • Thalaivasal Vijay as Palaniswamy: Azhagammai's husband
  • Lokesh Bhaskaran as Ravi Palaniswamy: Azhagu and Palani's elder son
    • Jagadeesh replaced Bhaskaran in the role
  • Manikanda Rajesh as Mahesh Palaniswamy: Azhagu and Palani's second son

Supporting
  • Gayatri Jayaraman as Sakuntala Devi Aravind: Sudha, Poorna and Madhan's mother
  • Niranjan as Thirunavukkarasu Palaniswamy: Azhagu and Palani's younger son
    • Avinash Ashok replaced Niranjan in the role
  • Farina Azad as Nivedhitha Thirunavukkarasu aka Nivi: Thiruna's wife
    • Akshitha Bopaiah replaced Azad in the role
    • Vaishnavi Arulmozhi replaced Bopaiah in the role
  • Sahana Sheddy as Kavya Madhan: Azhagu and Palani's youngest daughter
  • Vignesh as Madhan Aravind: Kavya's husband
  • Murali as Aravind: Sudha, Poorna and Madhan's father
  • Gayathri Raj as Malliga
  • Usha Elizabeth as Kaaliyamma
  • Sai Gopi as Dharmalingam
  • Joker Tulasi as Tulasi: Sakunthala Devi's assistant
  • Swathi Reddy as Swathy: Poorna's friend
  • Arunkumar Padmanabhan as Bhaskar: Surendar's younger brother
  • Uma Rani as Sornam:Surendar and Bhaskar's mother
  • Aiswarya Devi as Archana Sundaram: Thiruna's ex-wife
  • Sonu Satheesh Kumar as Priya Sundaram: Archana's elder sister
  • Rajesh as Sundaram:Archana and Priya's father
  • Veena Venkatesh as Maheshwari Sundaram: Archana and Priya's mother
  • Mithra Kurian as Aishwarya "Aishu" Ganesh: Azhagu and Palani's eldest daughter
    • Nithya Das replaced Kurian in the role
    • Niranjani Ashok replaced Das in the role
  • Jairam as Ganesh Sethuraman:Aishu's husband
  • Poovilangu Mohan as Sethuraman: Ganesh,Sathya and Manisha's father
  • Naresh Eswar as Sathyaraj a.k.a. Sathya Sethuraman: Ganesh's younger brother
  • Mownika as Manisha Sethuraman: Ganesh's younger sister
  • Archana Harish as Supraja
  • Rajesh as Naveen: Aishwarya's friend
  • Divya as Anitha: Ganesh's former lover
  • Kousalya Senthamarai as Atthaiyamma:Anitha's grandmother
  • Ramya Ramakrishna as Rathi Venkat: Nivi's sister
  • Prem as Krishna Kumar
  • Cumbum Meena Sellamuthu as Alamelu
  • Shanthi Williams as Aravind and Shailaja's mother
  • Sai Madhavi as Shailaja: Aravind's sister
  • Bhagyalakshmi as Vijaya
  • Baboos as Thandavam
  • B. Kannan as Kannan: Sethuraman's elder brother
  • Gopalakrishnan Krishnamoorthy as Gopal: Sethuraman's younger brother
  • Fawaz Zayani as Venkat: Nivi's uncle
  • Aishwarya as Vasantha: Palani's younger sister; Poorna's adoptive mother
  • Vasu Vikram as Manimaran: Azhagu's elder brother
  • Rajyalakshmi as Devi Manimaran: Manimaran's wife
  • Navindhar as Mahendran Manimaran: Manimaran's son
  • Sudha as Rangamma: Sudha's adoptive mother
  • Thilagam as Rangamma's husband: Sudha's adoptive father
  • Shree Ashwini as Inspector Vijayalakshmi
  • Ashwin as Surender: Sudha's first husband

Guests
  • S. P. Balasubrahmanyam as himself in episodes 3 and 4
  • Srithika as Vidhya in episodes 587 and 588
  • Arnav as Ashok in episodes 587 and 588
  • Priyanka Kumar as Iniya in episodes 629 and 630
  • Sateesh Kumar as Vasudevan in episodes 629 and 630

Production

Casting

Revathi was cast as the lead Azhagu who making her comeback after 10 years.[4] It is the second serial for the male lead Thalaivasal Vijay after 27 years.[5] Shruthi Raj and V J Sangeeta were cast as the next leads.[6][7] Aishwarya makes a TV serial comeback after 3 years sabbatical.

In October 2019, Sahana Sheddy playing Kavya quit the series stating less screen space for her role.[8] However, within few days, she rejoined the series after the production team convenced her.[9] In November 2019, Vaishnavi Arulmozhi replaced Akshitha Bopaiah as Nivedita.[10] In the same month, Revathi returned to the series after 2 months break after her film shootings.[11]

Development

On 1 April 2018, a special celebration sequence of Azhagu and Palanisamy getting married took place with the invitation of their friends and public.[12]

The production and shooting of all Indian television series and films were halted, due to COVID-19 pandemic in India, on 19 March 2020 and were supposed to resume after 31 March 2020.[13] However, due to nationwide lockdown in the country imposed from 25 March 2020, it could not resume and the last new episode was broadcast on 3 April 2020.[14] After about three months, the shooting resumed after being granted permission in early June 2020 and some sequences were shot with some cast including Urvashi as a new addition.[15] However, Tamil Nadu Government announced full lockdown from 19 June 2020 to 30 June 2020 for Chennai and its surrounding three districts. Due to it the production and filming was also once again halted.[16] In July 2020, Sun TV abruptly confirmed the series not returning back as many of the cast members including Revathi and Sruthi Raj were sceptical to arrive to shoot owing the pandemic.[17][18]

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Year / Week Episodes Broadcast date BARC ratings (Tamil Nadu + Puducherry)[19]
Nationwide (Tamil Nadu+ Puducherry) Ranking (Nationwide)
Week 01 1 - 6 18 November 2017 – 24 November 2017 11.1% (11158) 7
Week 02 7 - 12 25 November 2017 – 1 December 2017 11.2% (10238) 7
Week 03 13 - 18 2 December 2017 – 8 December 2017 11.0% (11037) 8
Week 04 19 - 23 9 December 2017 – 15 December 2017 10.1% (10132) 10
Week 05 24 - 29 16 December 2017 – 22 December 2017 10.2% (10252) 9
Week 06 30 - 35 23 December 2017 – 29 December 2017 10.1% (10196) 11
Week 07/01 36 - 40 30 December 2017 – 5 January 2018 9.5% (9534) 10
Week 02 41 - 46 6 January 2018 – 12 January 2018 9.6% (9689) 09
Week 03 47 - 50 13 January 2018 – 19 January 2018 8.4% (8407) 08
Week 04 51 - 56 20 January 2018 – 26 January 2018 8.1% (8134) 09
Week 05 57 - 61 27 January 2018 – 2 February 2018 9.5% (9593) 08
Week 06 62 - 67 3 February 2018 – 9 February 2018 9.4% (9422) 07
Week 07 68 - 73 10 February 2018 – 16 February 2018 9.4% (9482) 09
Week 08 74 - 79 17 February 2018 – 23 February 2018 9.4% (9419) 10
Week 09 80 - 85 24 February 2018 – 3 March 2018 9.0% (9047) 11
Week 10 86 - 91 3 March 2018 – 9 March 2018 8.4% (8404) 08
Week 11 92 - 97 10 March 2018 – 16 March 2018 9.7% (9794) 09
Week 12 98 - 103 17 March 2018 – 23 March 2018 9.6% (9683) 09
Week 13 104 - 109 24 March 2018 – 30 March 2018 9.4% (9451) 07
Week 14 110 - 115 31 March 2018 – 6 April 2018 8.9% (8944) 09
Week 15 116 - 121 7 April 2018 – 13 April 2018 8.7% (8744) 09
Week 16 122 - 126 14 April 2018 – 20 April 2018 8.9% (8986) 08
Week 17 127 - 132 21 April 2018 – 27 April 2018 8.0% (8058) 08
Week 18 133 - 138 28 April 2018 – 4 May 2018 8.1% (8186) 09
Week 19 139 - 144 5 May 2018 – 11 May 2018 8.4% (8448)
Week 20 145 - 150 12 May 2018 – 18 May 2018 8.7% (8728)
Week 21 151 - 156 19 May 2018 – 25 May 2018 8.7% (7368)
Week 22 157 - 162 26 May 2018 – 1 June 2018 8.0% (8069)
Week 23 163 - 168 2 June 2018 – 8 June 2018 7.8% (7850)
Week 24 169 - 174 9 June 2018 – 15 June 2018 8.5% (8593)
Week 25 175 - 180 16 June 2018 – 22 June 2018 9.4% (9403)
Week 26 181 - 186 23 June 2018 – 29 June 2018 9.4% (9432)
Week 27 187 - 192 30 June 2018 – 6 July 2018 9.0% (9033)
Week 28 193 - 198 7 July 2018 – 13 July 2018 9.6% (9693)
Week 29 199 - 204 14 July 2018 – 20 July 2018 9.5% (9570)
Week 30 205 - 210 21 July 2018 – 27 July 2018 10.1% (10138)
Week 31 211 - 216 28 July 2018 – 3 August 2018 9.5% (9581)
Week 32 217 - 221 4 August 2018 - 10 August 2018 9.4% (9466)
Week 33 222 - 227 11 August 2018 - 17 August 2018 9.3% (9344)
Week 34 228 - 233 18 August 2018 - 24 August 2018 9.6% (9684)
Week 35 234 - 239 25 August 2018 - 31 August 2018 9.7% (9721)
Week 36 240 - 245 1 September 2018 - 7 September 2018 10.3% (10330)

International broadcast

The series was released on 20 November 2017 on Sun TV and Sun TV HD. The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution.

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  2. "Actress Sahana Sheddy turns emotional as her show Azhagu set to end its journey - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. "Azhagu serial crosses 500 episodes". Times of India.
  4. "With Azhagu Revathy returns to television".
  5. "I am enjoying working on Azhagu: Thalaivasal Vijay".
  6. "I had thought to quit acting: Azhagu Sruthi Raj". Vikatan.
  7. "செல்ல நாய்களுக்காக மனம் உருகும் 'அழகு' வில்லி பூர்ணா..." The Indian Express.
  8. "Exclusive - Azhagu actress Sahana Sheddy opens up on her exit from the show". The Times of India.
  9. "Exclusive - Azhagu actress Sahana Sheddy is back on the show, says there are no issues now". The Times of India.
  10. "Actress Vaishnavi Arulmozhi joins the cast of Azhagu". The Times of India.
  11. "Revathi returns to Azhagu after the break". The Indian Express.
  12. "TV show Azhagu's team to hold a special celebration on 1st April". The Times of India.
  13. "#CoronaScare will not hinder television channels' schedules until March 31". The Times of India.
  14. "PM Narendra Modi announces 3-week national lockdown from March 24 midnight". Deccan Herald.
  15. "Revathi And Thalaivasal Vijay Starrer Sun Tv Serial Azhagu To End Soon". The Times of India.
  16. "Tamil film, television industries to suspend all operations during complete lockdown". Hindustan Times.
  17. "Sun TV canceled four TV serials, Vijay and Zee insist 25 episodes". Sify. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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