Ponnukku Thanga Manasu (TV series)
Ponnukku Thanga Manasu (transl. The girl has a golden heart) is a 2018 Tamil-language family soap opera, which airs on Vijay TV and streams on Hotstar. It is a remake of the Malayalam serial Sthreedhanam that aired on Asianet.[1] It premiered on 20 August 2018.[2]
Ponnukku Thanga Manasu | |
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Genre | Soap opera |
Based on | Sthreedhanam |
Written by | Pradeep Manikkar |
Directed by | Harrison |
Starring |
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Theme music composer | Ilaivayan |
Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Tamil |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 432 (19 March 2020) |
Production | |
Cinematography | Martin Joe |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | approx. 20–24 minutes per episode |
Production company(s) | Risun Pictures |
Release | |
Original network | Star Vijay |
Original release | 20 August 2018 – present |
Chronology | |
Related shows | Sthreedhanam |
The show is directed by Harison and written by Pradeep Manikkar and features a cast including Vindhuja Vikraman, Ashwin, Chitra Shenoy, Tejaswini Shekhar, Jennifer Antony and K. S. G. Venkatesh.[3]
Crossover Episodes
Ponnuku Thanga Manasu had a crossover with the serial Sundari Neeyum Sundaram Naanum from 27th November 2019 to 2nd December 2019. It was a 1 hour episodes still the week. The episodes were based on the marriage of Velu and Thamilzharasi. (Episodes 354-357) It was directed by Harrison.
Synopsis
The show begins with Prashanthan's wedding. He is the eldest among Sethulakshmi and Lakshmanan Pillai's three sons. They belong to the refined rich family.
Sethulakshmi is a dominant and greedy mother who forcefully pushed Prashanthan to marry Divya from the Meledath family. But Sethulakshmi was not happy that Divya will be part of their family with a worthless grant and small gold. All she wants is Divya's wealth. She used her power as Divya's mother-in-law and gave Divya and her parents an extremely big trouble. Mayuri is the cousin of Prashanthan asked about what is going on in the family.
She wished to ruin Prashanthan and Divya's marriage because she wants to become Prashanthan's wife. She uses deceitful tricks when there is a chance. Meanwhile, Sethulakshmi found out that Divya's jewelry are all fake, so she brings Divya back to their house. And later finds out that it is a settlement between Prashanthan and Govindhan, Divya's father. [1]
Cast
Main
- Radhika Rao (episode 1-100) / Vindhuja Vikraman as Divya Prashanth (Prashanth's wife)
She is the main protagonist of this serial. She is a person who loves Prashanth and she fights and is treated badly by Sethulakshmi because of less dowry.
- Ashwin as Prashanth Lakshmanan (Divya's husband)
He is Sethulakshmi son who marries Divya Prashant. He loves Divya and treates her well.
- Srisha Sougandh (episode 1-71)/Chitra Shenoy as Sethulakshmi Lakshmanan commonly called as Sethu (Lakshmanan 1st wife, Prashanth,
She is a greedy person in this serial. She is the main Antagonist in this story.She wants people to get married to rich people and takes dowry and gold. She wants to destroy the relationship of Prashant and Divya so that he can marry Mayuri ;Vasanth, Karthik and Shubha's mother)
Supporting
- Tejaswini Shankar (Episode 1-356) /Swathi Tara as Veni Vasanth (Vasanth's wife)
- Yuvarani (Episode 1-210) / Jennifer Antony as Shanthi Sukumaran (Veni's Mother)
- K. S. G. Venkatesh as Ramanathan (Divya and Vidhya's father)
- Rajani Murali as Manjula Ramanathan (Divya and Vidhya's mother)
- Vinuja Vijay / Unknown / Sri Swetha Mahalakshmi as Vidya (Divya's younger sister)
- Kalyan Khanna as Mahesh (Vidya's fiancé)
- Vishwam/ Kumaresan/ KPAC Saji as Lakshmanan (Prashanth, Vasanth, Karthik and Shubha and Karthika's father)
- Devi Chandana as Saradha Lakshmanan (Lakshmanan's 2nd wife)
- Alice Christy as Karthika (Lakshmanan's daughter)
- Vikash Sampath as Karthik Lakshmanan (Sethu's 3rd won)
- Niyaz Khan as Vasanth Lakshmanan (Sethu's 2nd son)
- Suju Vasan / Vaishnavi Arulmozhi as Shubha (Sethu's daughter)
- Mahalakshmi as Mayoori
- Bindu Aneesh as Nalini (Mayoori's mother)
- Kottayam Rasheed as Sukumaran (Veni's father)
- VJ Krrish as Manmadhan (Madhan)
- Ayyappan as Dr. Kavi
- Dharini as --- (Kavi's mother)
- Nisha Hedge as Varshini (Karthik's ex-fiancee)
- L. Raja as Varshini's father
- Bhagya / Lakshmi as --- (Varshini's mother)
- Subha
- Preethi Kumar
- Sivanya
Linguistic Versions
Sl.no | Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Episodes |
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1 | Malayalam | Sthreedhanaam സ്ത്രീധനം |
2 July 2012 – 14 May 2016 | Asianet | 1147 |
2 | Telugu | Kante Koothurune Kanali కాంటే కూతురుణే కనాలి |
16 March 2018 – 15 March 2019 | Star Maa | 355 |
3 | Tamil | Ponnuku Thanga Manasu பொன்னுகு தங்க மனசு |
20th August 2018- present | Star Vijay | Ongoing |
International broadcast
The series was broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution.
- It airs in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Hong Kong, United States, Europe, Malaysia, Mauritius and South Africa on Vijay TV and Vijay TV HD with English subtitle.
- The drama is available as episodes on the app hotstar with English subtitles.
- It is also available via the internet protocol television service, Lebara Play with English subtitles.
References
- "New show Ponnukku Thanga Manasu to focus on the social issue of dowry system". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- "'நெஞ்சம் மறப்பதில்லை' தொடரை இடம் மாற்றிய `பொண்ணுக்குத் தங்க மனசு'". Vikatan.
- "TV serial Ponnukku Thanga Manasu completes 200 episodes". The Times of India.