Pranayam (TV series)

Pranayam
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Ekta Kapoor
Based on	Custody by Manju Kapur
Developed by	SREE SARAN CREATIONS
Written by	Dinesh Pallathu
Story by	Manju Kapoor
Directed by	Sudheesh Sankar; Thulasidas;
Starring	; Srinish Aravind ; Varada Jishin ; Maneesh Krishna ; Naveen Arackal ; Beena Antony;
Narrated by	Prof. Aliyar
Theme music composer	S.P.Venkitesh
Opening theme	"Hey laalaa laala..."
Ending theme	"Naanamavunnu Meni Movunnu"
Composer(s)	S.P.Venkitesh
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Malayalam
No. of episodes	524
Production
Producer(s)	S. Murugan; Saraniya Subramaniam;
Cinematography	Manisundhar; Sunil Vechoor;
Editor(s)	Sajin C.; Soman Koodal;
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Sree Saran Creations
Distributor	Merryland Studio; Vishakh outdoor unit
Release
Original network	Asianet
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Original release	6 July 2015 –; 28 April 2017
External links
	Website

Pranayam (transl. "Love") is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language television series that was broadcast on Asianet channel. The show had aired from Monday to Saturday at 7.00 PM IST and it shifted to Monday to Friday 6.30 PM. Srinish Aravind and Varada Jishin played the lead roles.

It was the remake of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein aired on StarPlus.[1] It shows the love of two different states and two different culture. The pair was known as #SharMi on social networking sites. After Varada quit the show citing health issues, ratings tanked and the show was cancelled.

Plot

The show follows the love story of Lekshmi Iyer, who is a Tamilian and Sharan G Menon, who is a menon. Lekshmi is sterile and gets attached emotionally to Sharan's daughter, Malu, who lives with her divorced father. Sharan's ex-wife, Kavitha, lives with her boyfriend and Sharan's ex-boss and business rival Prakash Varma and Manu, her son. Due to some circumstances, Sharan and Lekshmi marry each other for Malu's custody and gradually fall in love with each other and lead a happy life.

Kavitha creates trouble in Lekshmi and Sharan's life. Kavitha wants to marry Prakash and Lekshmi's sister Aswathy is marrying Kavitha's brother Anand. Sharan treats Anand as his brother. Prakash tries to brainwash Aswathy. Kavitha and Prakash's marriage is called off. Prakash blackmails Aswathy and Aswathy marries him to save Anand. Soon Sharan's son Manu with Kavitha also comes to them and lives with them. Kavitha tries to create troubles in Lekshmi and Sharan's love using Manu but she fail and leaves the house. The story continues by the plots to menon family by Kavitha.

Cast

Srinish Aravind as Sharan G Menon [Main male lead]
Varada Jishin as Lekshmi Viswanatha Iyer a.k.a. Lekshmi Sharan G Menon [Main female lead]
Naveen Arakkal as Prakash Varama [Kavitha's ex-partner ; Main male antagonist]
Baby Megha Mahesh as Malavika/ Malu [Sharan & Kavitha's daughter ; Lakshmi's stepdaughter]
Master Siddharth as Manu [Main child antagonist ; Sharan & Kavitha's son ; Lakshmi's stepson]
Vishnu v nair as Karthik ( sarans brother)
Althara as Kavitha [Manu's mother ; Main female antagonist ; Sharan's ex-wife ; Prakash's ex-partner]
Jishin Mohan as Sachin Varma [Praksh's brother ; Antagonist]
Fawaz Zayani as Mani/Abhimanyu Raghav [Lekshmi's childhood friend ; Sharan's business partner]
Kottayam Rasheed as Govinda Menon [Sharan's father]
Beena Antony as Madhavi Govinda Menon [Sharan's mother]
Amrutha as Simi [Sharan's Sister]
Rishi as Indu Gopan [Simi's husband
Vandana as Shaarika [Karthik's love interest]
Maneesh Krishna as Anand [Sharan's brotherly best friend ; Kavitha's Brother]
Kailas Nath as Viswanatha Iyer [Lekshmi's father]
Anuradha Krishnamoorthy as Saraswathy Viswantha Iyer [Lekshmi's mother]
Arya Sreeram as Devika Balachandran [Lekshmi's sister]
Adithyan Jayan as Balachandran a.k.a. Balu[Devika's husband]
Pratheeksha G Pradeep as Aswathy Iyer [Prakash's wife ; Anand's ex-fiance ; Lekshmi's & Devika's cousin]
Sini Varghese as Tanuja [Prakash's friend ; Helper]
Aiswarya as Anand's Wife
Karthika Kannan as Radhika
Sabari Nath as ACP Sankar
Faizal Razi as Dr.Manoj
Vanchiyoor Praveen Kumar as Ammavan
Remya Sanker as Lakshmi
Divya Nair as Lakshmi
Baby Sredha as Malu
Adarsh as Karthik

Broadcast history

The show started airing on Asianet on 6 July 2015 and it aired on Monday to Saturday 7:00 PM IST. Later its timing changed starting from Monday 29 August 2016, the show was shifted to 6:30PM IST time slot.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Role	Result
2016	Asianet Television awards 2016	Best actress	Varadha	Lekshmi	Nominated
		Best actress special jury			Won
		Most popular actress			Nominated
		Best Family Entertainer	S. Murugan & Saraniya Subramaniam		Won
		Most Popular Serial	S. Murugan & Saraniya Subramaniam		Nominated
		Best Director	Sudheesh Shankar		Nominated
		Best actor in a negative role	Naveen Arakkal	Prakash	Won
		Best actress in a negative role	Althara	Kavitha	Nominated
		Best Debut	Srinish	Sharan	Won
		Best Character actress	Beena Antony	Madhavi	Nominated
		Best Audiographer	Aneesh		Nominated
		Best Dubbing	Sidharth	Sharan	Won
		Best child artist	Megha Mahesh	Malu	Nominated
2017	Asianet Television awards 2017	Best Child artist	Megha Mahesh	Malu	Nominated
		Best actor in a negative role	Naveen Arakkal	Prakash	Won
		Best Character actress	Beena Antony	Madhavi	Nominated
		Best dubbing artist male	Sidharth	Sharan	Nominated
		Best Editor	Aneesh J		Nominated
		Special jury	Kottayam Rasheed	Govindan	Won

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References

"'Acting is a passion'". The Hindu.

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[1] "'Acting is a passion'". The Hindu.