Kalyana Veedu

Kalyana Veedu (transl. Marriage house) is an 2018 Indian Tamil-language soap opera directed by Thirumurugan.[1] The actors are Thirumurugan,Kannika Ravi,R. Sundarrajan, T. S. B. K. Mouli, Pop Suresh, Anjana.K.R, Benze Preinkline, Dona Sankar and Ankitha.[2] In September 2019, there was a complaint against the content of Kalyana Veedu following which the telecaster Sun TV was fined Rs ₹2.5 lakh by the Broadcast content complaints council. The complaint made to the watch dog stated that such content would encourage crimes against women.[3]

Kalyana Veedu
Genre	Soap opera
Written by	Story Thirumurugan Dialogues Muthulakshmi Aarumugathamizhan
Screenplay by	Thirumurugan
Directed by	Thirumurugan (1–present)
Creative director(s)	Thirumurugan
Starring	Thirumurugan Kannika Ravi R. Sundarrajan T. S. B. K. Mouli Anjana.K.R Pop Suresh Benze Preinkline Dona Sankar Ankitha
Theme music composer	Sanjeev Rathin
Opening theme	"Uravellam Vazhthi Padave" Hema Mahalingam (vocals) Ramesh Vaithiya (lyrics)
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	605
Production
Producer(s)	Jothi Thirumurugan
Cinematography	Sarath Chandran
Editor(s)	Prem
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20–22 minutes
Production company(s)	Thiru Pictures
Release
Original network	Sun TV
Original release	16 April 2018 (2018-04-16) – present

Synopsis

Gopi, a sales representative and a part-time Singer at an orchestra, goes through various trials and tribulations to ensure the well-being of his family members. After a roller-coaster ride, Gopi finally register marriages Surya. In pursuit of searching job, Gopi meets a Manikkavasan who unbeknownst to Gopi had married the wife of Kathiresan. Manikkavasan has made Gopi as his adopted son.

Mapping of Partners - to understand relationship

#	Character Name	Partner/Spouse	Former Partner/Fiance/Spouse
1	Gopi	Surya	Swetha and Surya
2	Kathiresan	N/A	Selvarani(Surya/Roja Mother)
3	Muthaiah (Gopi's Father)	Sindhamani (Kalaivani Mother)	Jayanthi (Gopi Mother)
4	Swetha	Gopi and then Suman	Suman
5	Manikkavasan(Music Director)	Selvarani(Surya/Roja Mother)	N/A
6	Raman	Suganthi	Anushya
7	Raja	Roja	Surya
8	Sankunthala	N/A	Perumal (separated)
9	Anushya	N/A	Raman, Nandhakumar (Swetha Brother)
10	Savitha	Pichaimani	Chintu
11	Barath	N/A	Roja
12	Revathi	to be announced	Gopi (one-sided)
13	Raman	Suganthi	Anushya
14	Subramani	N/A	Sulochana, Swetha (one-sided)
15	Pavithra	some tik-tok fan	N/A

Main Cast

#	Character Name	Original Actor	Replacement Actor	Role	Episode Range
1	Gopikrishnan	Thirumurugan	N/ A	The main lead. Surya's husband, Swetha's former partner. Sivagami and Muthaiah's only son	1 – present
2	Kathiresan	R. Sundarrajan	N/A	A stubborn but innocent man. The father of Surya and Roja	4–present
3	Surya Kathiresan	Spoorthy Gowda	Kannika Ravi	Gopi's wife. Daughter of Kathiresan and the sister of Roja	12–554 (Gowda) 602–present (Ravi)
4	Swetha	Anjana K. R.	N/A	Gopi's former patner and his colleague. Sister of Nandakumar and wife of Suman	3–present
5	'Music Director' Manikkavasan	T. S. B. K. Mouli	N/A	A music director who is seeking an opportunity to perfrom in Cimema. Gopi's collegue	577–present
6	Anushya	Benzie Preinkline	N/A	Eldest daughter of Sivagami and Muthaiah. Gopi's younger sister and former wife of Raman	1–present
7	Ramya	Dona Shankar	N/A	Second daughter of Sivagami and Muthaiah. Gopi's younger sister and wife of Manoharan	2–present
8	Savitha	Ankitha Bhat	N/A	Youngest daughter of Sivagami and Muthaiah. Gopi's younger sister and wife of Pichaimani	1–present
9	Kalaivani	Sanghavi Jeyachandiran	N/A	Daughter of Chinthamani and Muthaiah. Gopi, Anushya, Ramya, and Savitha's half sister	498–present
10	Sivagami	Jayanthi	N/ A	Mother of Gopi, Anushya, Ramya, and Savitha. Former wife of Muthaiah	1–present
11	Roja Kathiresan	Pavithra	Sripriya	Raja's partner. Daughter of Kathiresan and the sister of Surya	12–125 (Pavithra) 126–present (Sripriya)

Supporting Cast

• Theni Sathyabhama as Sindhamani Muthaiah- Gopi's step mother
• Sripriya as Roja Raja, Kathiresan's younger daughter.
• Gopi as Raja
• Bhagyalakshmi as Selvarani - wife of Music Director Manikavasan/ex-wife of Kathiresan
• Sampath as Nandakumar, Swetha's brother, Gopi's friend
• Aishwarya as Archana Raman, Anushya and Raman's daughter
• Prathiksha as Prathiksha Suman, Swetha and Suman's daughter
• "Pop" Suresh as Manoharan Periyasamy, Ramya's husband
• Hema Srikanth as Kala Periyasamy, Manoharan's mother
• Jayaraman as Periyasamy,Kala's husband
• Seema as Revathi Periyasamy, Manoharan's sister
• Jeyashree as Sakunthala Perumal, Kala's younger sister, Perumal's wife
• Muthu kumara swamy as Raman, Anushya's Ex-husband
• Geethanjali as Suganthi Raman, Raman's wife
• Radhika as Kavitha, Suganthi's assistant
• Ravi Raj as Pichaimani Parthasarathy, Savitha's husband
• Meenatchi as Parvathi Parthasarathy, Piachaimani's mother
• Arunadevi as Padmavathi Kannan, Pichaimani's sister
• Panikutty as Kannan,Pichaimani's uncle, Padmavathi's husband
• Priya Rathnakumar as Pavithra Kannan, Pichaimani's niece, Padmavathi's daughter
• Sathya as Suman, Swetha's husband
• Bavithran as Jithu, a womaniser who lusts after Savitha.died in serial
• Saranya as Kausalya, Kathiresan's neighbour
• Kannan as Shekar, Gopi's friend.
• Yuvan Pattison as Bharath, Roja's friend
• Smaleen Monica as Sulochana, Swetha's friend
• Kartic Krishna as Singapore Subramani
• Palaniappan as Selvam
• Dimisukattai as Dhada Ratnavelu

Past Cast

• Geetha as Sakunthala Perumal
• Aishwarya as Revathi Periyasamy
• Punitha as Pavithra Kannan
• Ishitha as Suganthi Raman

Soundtrack

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Uravellam (உறவெல்லாம்) Title Song"	Ramesh Vaithya	Mahalingam	4:30
2.	"Manmatha Malarkalil (மன்மத மலர்களில்)"	Manmadhan	Manmadhan	4:30

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)[4]
Week 16, 2018	1 – 5	16 April 2018 – 20 April 2018	27.9%(9987)
Week 17, 2018	6 – 11	21 April 2018 – 27 April 2018	28.9% (10035)
Week 18, 2018	12 – 17	27 April 2018 – 4 May 2018	26.9% (9696)
Week 19, 2018	18 – 23	5 May 2018 – 11 May 2018	23.4% (8079)
Week 20, 2018	24 – 29	12 May 2018 – 18 May 2018	19.8% (7733)
Week 21, 2018	30 – 35	19 May 2018 – 25 May 2018	18.4% (7328)
Week 22, 2018	36 – 41	26 May 2018 – 1 June 2018	19.7% (7830)
Week 23, 2018	42 – 47	2 June 2018 – 8 June 2018	19.5% (7785)
Week 24, 2018	48 – 53	9 June 2018 – 15 June 2018	20.1% (7983)
Week 25, 2018	54 – 59	16 June 2018 – 22 June 2018	23.5% (8528)
Week 26, 2018	60 – 65	23 June 2018 – 29 June 2018	23.7%' (8585)
Week 27, 2018	66 – 71	30 June 2018 – 6 July 2018	21.9% (7979)

International broadcast

The series was released on 16 April 2018 on Sun TV, and also airs on Sun TV HD. Through international distribution, it airs in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV and Sun TV HD.

• The show's episodes were released on YouTube channel Thiru TV after the original telecast till 7 September 2019.
• The drama was put up for streaming worldwide on Sun NXT[5]
• It is also available via the Internet protocol television services Lebara Play, Lyca TV and YuppTV.
• Kalyana Veedu airs in Srilanka Shakthi Tv at 8:30PM and the Time slot changed to 9:30PM in 2020

Controversy

In September 2019, there was a complaint against the content of Kalyana Veedu following which the telecaster Sun TV was fined Rs 250,000 by the Broadcast content complaints council. This was in reference to one of the episodes aired in the month of May where one of the female characters named Roja hires a criminal gang to sexually assault her own sister. She ordered the men to show no mercy on her during this preplanned assault. The gang instead of following through the plan, enact the same plan on Roja. The controversial episodes were telecast on May 14, 15 and June 28.[6]

The council, on examining the video clips based on the complaints, has said in their order that the content violated the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) guidelines which bars content that glorifies violence, as well as incite or encourage viewers to obscene or indecent behaviour. A notice was issued to the channel and in their reply to the council, Sun TV and Thiru Pictures had clarified and apologised to the Council. The order stated that they have consented to agree with their decision as well.[3]

References

1. "Sun TV's new serial Kalyana Veedu". Kamadenu (in Tamil). www.kamadenu.in. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
2. "Tamil TV show Kalyana Veedu crosses 500 episodes; actresses Anjana and Spoorthy Gowda thank fans". The Times of India.
3. Staff Reporter (18 September 2019). "'Kalyana Veedu' serial: Sun TV directed to pay penalty and run apology". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 September 2019..Thirumurugan is a womanizer and loves to show his feelings on girls on teleserial
4. "barcindia.co.in Kalyana Veedu serial Ratings".
5. "With Sun NXT, Sun TV Network steps foot in the burgeoning digital streaming space of India". thetechportal.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
6. "Director says sorry for sexual assault scenes in TV soap". Deccan Chronicle.

External links

• Official website