Kolangal (TV series)
Kolangal is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera which aired on Sun TV. It is a Prime time serial that aired in weekdays. from 26 May 2003 to 4 December 2009 for 1,533 episodes.[1][2]
| Kolangal | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Written by | V. Thiruselvam |
| Directed by | V. Thiruselvam |
| Creative director(s) | Subramaniam Srinivasan |
| Starring | Devayani Deepa Venkat V. Thiruselvam Ajay Kapoor Mohan Sharma Sathya Priya Nalini Abishek Poornima Indhrajith Vanitha Krishna Chandran Kuyili |
| Theme music composer | D. Imman (Title Song) Kiran (Background Score) |
| Opening theme | "Kolangal Kolangal Azhagana Kolangal" Harini (Vocal) Palani Bharathi (Lyrics) |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 1533 |
| Production | |
| Production location(s) | Thanjavur Tamil Nadu |
| Cinematography | Phillips S. Vijayakumar |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 13–22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Vikatan Televistas |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sun TV |
| Original release | 26 May 2003 – 4 December 2009 |
The show starred Devayani, Deepa Venkat, V. Thiruselvam, Ajay Kapoor, Poornima Indrajith, While Mohan Sharma, Sathya Priya, Abishek Shankar, Subhalekha Sudhakar, Nalini, Vanitha Krishnachandran, Kuyili, Bombay Gnanam, Dwarakish(Giri), Auditor Sridhar, Joker Thulasi, Bharathi, Neelima Rani, Devadharshini, Priyadarshini, Dhivyadharshini Supporting Roles & Co Stars.
After 15 years hiatus, the show started reairing from 26 November 2018 on Vikatan Prime Time YouTube channel Everyday at 9 PM Same Prime Time Slot in Vikatan's YouTube channel.
The show is produced by Vikatan Televistas and directed by V. Thiruselvam.[1] The title track was composed by D. Imman and sung by Harini. It was also aired in Tamil on Sri Lanka's Shakthi TV and United Kingdom's Tharisanam TV.
Plot
The story centres on Abi, a hard-working, ambitious woman with strong beliefs and her business rival and half brother, Aditya. Abhi with her mother, maternal uncle, two sisters and brother leads a healthy life though she tries to keep herself happy because she had a dark past. Her father had abandoned her family and married another woman, the mother of Aditya, and has settled as a business tycoon. Abhi initially gets married, but it turns out to be an abusive relationship. Eventually, Adhi's lures all Abhi's close family members and turns out that all her family members are against her. Abhi divorces her husband and starts lives again. She starts a new company but is given competition by her stepbrother Aditya Eshwaramoorthy who considered her as a sworn rival. Abhi escapes from his brother's tortures and puts an end to her injustice. At the last scene, Abhi with the help of her friend Tholkappian leads a peaceful and hermit life. Abhi starts to help the orphanage, thereby ending she couldn't help herself, but she wishes to be dear among orphans even though they are not known to them. She leads a victorious life through the help of 2 friends, Tholkappian (Thols) and Usha, Adhi's ex-wife.[3]
Cast
Main cast
- Devayani as Abinaya Eshwaramoorthy "Abi", (Bhaskar's ex-wife), Elder Sister of Anandhi, Aarthi, Manohar and Step-Sister of Aadhithya) (1-1533)
- Deepa Venkat as Usha Aadhithya (Abi and Tholkapian's friend and Aadhi's wife) (1-1533)
- V. Thiruselvam as Tholkapian "Thols" (Abi and Usha's friend and Ganga's former lover; Menaka's elder brother) (1-1533)
- Ajay Kapoor as Aadhithya Eshwaramoorthy "Aadhi", Usha's husband (Abi, Anandhi, Aarthi and Manohar's step-brother) (206-1527)
- Poornima Indrajith as Menaka and Chellamma, Menaka (Tholkapian's younger sister) and Chellamma (Tholkapian and Menaka's mother) Dual Role of Poornima Indrajith (1044-1529)
Recurring cast
- Abhishek Shankar as Bhaskar (Abi's ex-husband) (Narayanan and Alamelu's son) (2-1530)
- Sathya Priya as Karpagam Eshwaramoorthy, (Abi, Anandhi, Manohar and Aarthi's mother) (Eshwaramoorthy's first wife) (1-1533)
- Nalini as Alamelu Narayanan (Narayanan's wife) (3-1530)
- Subhalekha Sudhakar as Narayanan (Alamelu's husband) (3-603)
- Mohan Sharma as Eshwaramoorthy (Karpagam and Kanchana's husband), (Abi, Aadhi, Anandhi, Manohar, Anjali, Arjun and Aarthi's father) and (Anu's Adoptive father) (Thiruvenkadam's elder brother) (236-1533)
- Bharathi as Kanchana Eshwaramoorthy (Eshwaramoorthy's second wife), (Aadhi, Anjali and Arjun's mother) and (Anu's adoptive mother and Daughter of Anu Kanchana's Brother) (237-1526)
- Manjari/Supriya (Temporary) (829-919) and back to her character Manjari as Anandhi Karthik (Karthik's wife) (1-780 & 976-1505)
- Sri Vidhya as Aarthi Rajesh (Rajesh's wife) (1-1533)
- Sridhar as Manohar (Anu's husband) (1-1533)
- Shyam as Rajesh (Aarthi's husband) (16-1533)
- Vishwa as Karthik (Anandhi's husband) (Sujatha's younger brother) (29-1505)
- Nisha Ajay (278-394)/Deepa Narendra as Anu Manohar (Aadhi, Anjali and Arjun's cousin), (Eshwaramoorthy and Kanchana's adoptive daughter), (Manohar's wife) (436-1533)
- Ishwarya Ganesh (278-637)/Dhivadharshini (638-805)/Akila as Anjali Kishore (Kishore's wife), (Aadhi's younger sister) (834-1456)
- Tinku (278-1377)/Franklin as Arjun (Rekha's Husband), (Aadhi's younger brother) (1396-1456)
- Neelima Rani as Rekha Arjun (Arjun's wife) (473-1499)
- Auditor Sridhar as Viswanathan (9-1533)
- Joker Thulasi as Krishnan (1-1533)
- Dwarakish Giri as Giri (Aadhi's personal assistant) (206-1525)
- Bombay Gnanam as Padmavathi (Kanchana's mother) (271-968)
- Vanitha Krishnachandran (9-684)/Kuyili as Saradha Thiruvenkadam (Thiruvenkadam's wife), (Sathish and Sumathi's mother) (694-1533)
- Ramachandran as Thiruvenkadam (Saradha's husband), (Sathish and Sumathi's father) (Eshwaramoorthy's younger brother) (9-1533)
- Unknown as Dr.Mahesh (Sumathi's husband) (452-1368)
- Revathi Priya as Sumathi Mahesh (Mahesh's wife) (Sathish's younger sister) (9-1533)
- Bhavana (42-104)/Devadarshini as Sujatha (Karthik's elder sister) (105-488)
- Unknown (3-59)/Preethi Sanjeev (65-459)/Priyadharshini as Vidhya (Bhaskar's younger sister)
- Kalpana Shree as Shanthi (Malayamma) (Abi, Usha and Thols well wisher, Thols friend Angusamy's wife) (15-988)
- Aadhavan as Thozhar Balakrishnan (402-1508)
- Unknown (554-686)/Unknown as Kishore (Anjali's Husband) (767-954)
- Sabitha Anand as Thailambal (Raja Annamalai's wife) (558-828)
- Rajasekhar as Raja Annamalai (Thilambal's husband) (558-828)
- Keerthana as Uma (Ganga and Vasuki's elder sister) (558-828)
- Chandra Lakshman as Ganga (Uma's younger sister) (554-828)
- Aarthika Shree as Vasuki (Uma and Ganga's younger sister) (558-828)
- Ponvannan (8-115)/Unknown as Rajaram, (Seetha's husband) (205-302)
- Viji Chandrasekhar as Seetha Rajaram (Rajaram's wife), (Baskar's elder sister) (4-243)
- Vanaja as Chithra
- Srilekha Rajendran as Valli (1-1531)
- Kutty Pooja/Suji as Chandra Sathish (Sathish's wife)
- Balaji (9-41)/Dev Anand as Sathish Thiruvenkadam
- Keerthana/Shruthi Raj as Prabha
- Vijaya Raj as Rajendran (Abi's Uncle and Karpagam brother) (46-1531)
- Shanmuga Sundari as Rajaram's mother (8-233)
- Vijay Sarathi as Bharathi (Anandhi's Friend) (348-1504)
- Geetha Ravishankar as Ambika (Usha's Mother)
- Devaraj as Devarajan (Ambika's husband) (Usha's Step-father)
- Unknown as Angusamy (Shanthi's husband) (125-1038)
- Unknown as Selvi (Angusamy and Shanthi's daughter)
- Unknown (512-1070)/Unknown as Minister Sankara Pandiyan (Rekha's father)
- Thilla as Thillairajan
- Gandhimathi as Narayanan's sister (446-459)
- B. Lenin
- Premi as (Rajesh Mother) (20-1489)
- Kavitha Solairaja as Sangeetha
- Vizhuthugal Santhanam as Sangeetha's father
- Yugendhran as Sivadhas (286-946)
- Oorvambu Lakshmi as Rani (Sivadhas wife) (357-485)
- Suhasini as Geetha (249-251)
- K. Natraj as Antony
- Imman Annachi as Anwar
- Narendra as Upendra (Ranjani's ex-husband) (385-765)
- Sneha Nambiar as Ranjani (Upendra's ex-wife) (162-394)
- Nagalaksmi as Lakshmi/Kala (58-1490)
- Revathi Shankar as Maragatham Viswanathan (Viswanathan's wife)
- Unknown as Rajamani Kandhasamy (Ranjan's aunty)
- Unknown as Ranjan
- Unknown as "Sulpheta" Saroja
- Ravi as Ravi (Menaka's Assistant)
- Unknown as Jennifer (Menaka's Assistant)
- Karna as Karunakaran
- Unknown/Deepa Shankar as Sundhari Rajesh (Rajesh second wife)
- Unknown as Murali (Vasundhara's husband)
- Shabnam as Vasundhara Murali (Murali's wife)
- Sumathi Shree as Manjula (735-758)
- Unknown as Maddy
- Dharish Jayaseelan as Prithvi
- Usha as Sarasu (Nair's wife) (19-122)
- Kamalesh as Shankar (17&20)
- Black Pandi as Kannan (21-38)
- Birla Bose as Prabhu (Police Inspector) (128-661)
- Ravi Shankar as Velu (1512-1516)
- Nesan as Raghu (Bhaskar friend)
- Giridhar Thirumalachary as Doctor
- Mohan Vaidya (Arundhathi's father)
- B.Jayalakshmi as Arundhathi
- K.Veera
- Usha Elizabeth as Dr. Vimala
- T.S.B.K. Mouli
- Poovanan
- Aaramudhan
- Bharathi Mohan
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sun Kudumbam Awards | Best Supporting Actor Award | V. Thiru Selvam | Tholkapian | Won |
| Best Male Villain Award | Ajay Kapoor | Aadhithiya or Aadhi | Won | ||
| Best Screenplay Writer Award | V. Thiru Selvam | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actress Award | Poornima Indrajith | Menaka/Chellamma | Won | ||
| Best Director Award | V.Thiru Selvam | Won | |||
| Best Actress Award | Devayani | Abinaya (Abi) | Nominated |
Broadcast
In Sri Lanka the series was broadcast on Shakthi TV. In Singapore, the series was carried by cable channel Sun TV. The series was broadcast in Malaysia on Sun TV. In the United Kingdom Kolangal aired on Tharisanam TV and Global Tamil Vision. In the Indian state of Kerala, the series was dubbed in Malayalam and renamed Kolangal. It aired on Surya TV. In the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, the series was dubbed in Telugu and renamed Muthyala Muggu. It was broadcast on Gemini TV.
Remakes
The series has been remade into in Kannada language as Rangoli broadcast on Udaya TV and Hindi language as Maayke Se Bandhi Dor broadcast on STAR Plus.[2][4]
See also
- List of TV shows aired on Sun TV (India)
References
- "TV show Vani Rani serial breaks the record set by Kolangal and Kasthuri". The Times of India.
- "Far from the flashy crowd". India Today.
- "Kolangal Overview". tv shows.sulekha.com.
- "TV turn to southern remakes". www.thehindu.com.
External links
- Official Website (in English)