Ottachilambu
Ottachilambu (ml; ഒറ്റച്ചിലമ്പ്) is an Indian horror television series in Malayalam Language launched on Mazhavil Manorama channel on 24 October 2015 .It aired from Monday to Friday at 08:30 .P.M.[1]
| Ottachilambu | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Horror TV series |
| Written by | Rajesh puthanpurayil |
| Story by | Rajesh Puthanpurayil |
| Directed by | Binu Vellathooval/Sujith sunder |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Malayalam |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 159 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Prakash Menon Arun .M.C |
| Production location(s) | Piravom - Paduthol Mana Adimaly, Kerala |
| Cinematography | Anpu Mani |
| Editor(s) | Ranju |
| Production company(s) | P.M.Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | Mazhavil Manorama |
| Picture format | 576i SDTV 1080i HDTV |
| Original release | 24 October 2016 – 2 June 2017 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Karnan |
Synopsis
A 6-year child is born "Devooty" who is born in same star sign and date of the mesmerising beauty called "Syamandakam"; who incubates into the body of the child. Syamandakam was burnt alive in the historically old ‘Eloor’ palace. Syamandakam takes a revenge note through Devooty to those who killed her & her family. In the process she falls in love with a young guy Adikeshavan; who helps her to take the revenge. The story puts light at the core to the aspirations and ambitions of those who die before fulfilling their lives
Plot
Ambika (Manju Satheesh) is a charming, lovely girl from Eloor kovilakam, her parents passed away years back and she lives with her aunt and uncle who are thampuran and thampuratti (Urmila) of Kovilakam. She has a liking towards her Malayalam teacher Andrews (Anand) and they plan to leave the town and marry. After years they have a daughter (Manjadi), they live in Adivaram In a rental house. They plan to buy a new house after which Ambika plans to go and meet her aunty, she is pregnant but unfortunately both dies in a bike accident. Devooty is all alone, is admitted in a hospital due to pneumonia, their neighbors who took her to hospital refuse to pay money for her operation. Kiran who is devooty's friend stole money from temple for this purpose and is caught by police .Deva goes back home and see that the owner has locked the house, she takes her bag and leave the city to Kodungaloor to meet Thampuratti. Fortunately she meets Swami in a bus to ernakulam and tell her story. He takes her with him promising to take her to the kovilakam, she became favorite of everyone in the temple where the swami took her.
Meanwhile, Adhikeshavan comes to stay in Chavadi and opens the room even after Chinmaya's restriction (where Syamanakam is lies) .He talks to the spirit and understands her feeling. Arundhati(Sarika) and Ravi(Rajeev) and all other family members reunite in the kovilakam for the partition of properties which Thampuratti restricts. Thampurayti on her visit to temple with Chinmayi and Adiyodi meets Devooty and identity who she is and takes her to kovilakam as Adhi's daughter Syamadakam takes her real form to take revenge .
Production
The promos of the series was already telecast-ed through channels official YouTube page and through the television.[2] This show replaced on-air series titled Ponnambili .[3]
- Casting
Malayalam actress Nithya Das signed into play lead role which marked her come back to Malayalam industry after 5 years. She has done a few television serials before and currently she is doing a Tamil serial too. Urmila Unni also plays a pivotal role in the series, it is the first time she is doing a role a thampuratty.
Popular TV actors Rajeev Parameshwar and Harishanth plays the male leads. Harishanth who was last seen in Ente Penn 2014 TV series is playing a strong character named Aadhikeshavan, who investigates in ghosts .New comer - Child artist Manjadi plays one of the lead roles in this series.
Cast
| Actor | Role | Character sketch |
|---|---|---|
| Nithya Das | Symandakam / Seemanthini | Lakshmi-Ravindra Varma's illegitimate daughter / Ghost |
| Baby Manjadi Joby | Devashilpa a.k.a. Devootty | Ambika-Andrews daughter |
| Sharran Puthumana | Adhikeshavan | Resident at Chavady |
| Urmila Unni | Umayamma thamburatty | Queen of Eloor Kovilakam |
| Angel Mariya Joseph | Dr.Chinmaya Pisharody | Adv.Pisharody's daughter |
| Rajeev Parameshwaran | Ravindra Varma(Ravi) | Thampuratti's son /Syamandakam's father |
| Sharika Menon | Arundhathi | Ravi's wife |
| Sajitha Betti | Anna Rose | Andrew's sister |
| Shameem Poovath | Mahadeva Varma(Devan/Mani) | Thampuratti's son in law |
| Ram mohan | Dharma deva Varma | Elayachan |
| Ardra Das | Sandhya | Thampurati's younger daughter |
| Sethu Lakshmi | Sudharma Mahadevan | Thampuratti's daughter |
| Anand Narayan | Sidharth(Sidhu) | Sandhya's lover |
| Thirumala Ramachandran | Adiyodi | Karyasthan |
| Varsha Abhay | Lalitha | Mahadevan's second wife |
| Roslin | Devamma (Paatti) | Kaveri's care taker |
| Vyjayanthi | Sreelakshmi | Bhagavathar Thirumanass's daughter/Ravindra varma's lover /Syamandakam's mother |
| Ann Mariya | Sarada | Servant of eloor kovilakam |
| Manju Satheesh | Ambika | Eloor Thamburan's niece |
| Anand Kumar | Andrews | Ambika's professor /Husband |
| Deepika Mohan | Chinnamma | House owner |
| Parameshwaran Kurithy | Swami | Swami who saves Devootty |
| Mini Sreekumar | Principal | Kovilakam school in charge |
| Hashim Malayil | Amoorthan | Durmanthravadi |
| Master Kiran | Kiran | Devutty's friend |
| Devan | Vasudevan Bhagavathar | Raveendran's music teacher |
| Vanchiyoor Praveen Kumar | Adv Sadashiva Pisharady | Family consultant of Eloor kovilakam |
| Daveed John | Doctor | At the hospital where devooty was admitted |
| Baby Vedika | Kalyani | Devooty's friend |
| Kalamandalam Sheena | Vimala teacher | Devooty's class teacher |
| Arun Hirosh C.S | inspector | Policemen in Kodungalloor police station |
| Sajan Kalady |
References
- "OTTACHILAMBU coming soon..." www.keralatv.in.
- "'Ottachilambu' on Mazhavil Manorama". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- "'Ottachilambu', a new horror series on Mazhavil Manorama". www.cinetrooth.in.