Tamil Selvi
Tamil Selvi is a 2019-2020 Tamil-language family soap opera starring Chaithra Sakkari, Vijay, Nishma and Niharikka. It premiered on Sun TV on 3 June 2019 to 31 March 2020 and is produced by Sun Entertainment and Vision Time India Pvt Ltd and directed by Dhanush [1][2] The soap opera was prematurely ended by the Sun TV Network due to COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
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| Creative director(s) | V. Murali Raman |
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| Theme music composer | Rehan |
| Opening theme | "Selvi Tamil Selvi" Saindhavi (singer) Sirkazhi (Lyrics) |
| Composer(s) | Hari |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 247 |
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| Producer(s) | Vaidehi Ramamurthy |
| Production location(s) | Chennai |
| Cinematography | R.K. Venkaiah Raman |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 20-25 minutes |
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| Original network | Sun TV |
| Original release | 3 June 2019 – 31 March 2020 |
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Story
A Tamil girl named Tamil Selvi is interested in studying and moving from her village to the city. But the two families want her to marry her cousin Saravanan. She marries Amudhan due to unavoidable circumstances. This is the story of how she succeeds in her studies, overcoming the new relationships that refuse to accept her in a house that has broken into both families.
Cast
Main
- Ashika Gopak Padukone (1-100) and Sandra Babu (101-192) and Chaithra Sakkari (193-247) as TamilSelvi Amudhan (Amudhan's wife)
- Ashwin Kumar(1-46) and Vijay(47-247) as Amudhan (Tamil Selvi's husband)
- Nishma as Rudra Saravanan (Selvarani's younger sister, Saravanan's wife)
- Varshika Nayak and Niharikka as Ilakkiya (Tamil Selvi's college friend, Amudhan's sister)
- Preethi Kumar as Dilruba (132-247)(Rajarajan's arch-rival)
- Arunkumar Padmanabhan as Saravanan (Tamilselvi's cousin, Rudra's husband)
- Jaykrishnan Kumar as Shiva (Dilruba's brother and Ilakkiya's husband)
Supporting
- M. J. Shriram and Raja Senthil as Rajarajan (Ilakkiya and Amudhan's father)
- Sabitha Anand as Shenbagavalli Rajarajan (Ilakkiya and Amudhan's mother)
- Manush as Aatralarasu (Ilakkiya and Amudhan's brother)
- "Metti Oli" Vanaja as Selvarani (Aatralarasu's wife, Ilakkiya and Amudhan's sister-in-law)
- Suhasini as Mangayarkarasi (Ilakkiya and Amudhan's aunt)
- A. Sakunthala as Annabharathi (Ilakkiya and Amudhan's grandmother)
- Priya as Rajeshwari (Rajarajan's sister, Dilruba and Shiva's mother)
- Parthan Siva as Velmurugan
- Neha Menon as Mallika (Tamil Selvi's sister)
- Usha Sai as Namitha (Tamil Selvi's college friend)
- VJ Nisha as Neelaveni (Saravanan's sister)
- Vasu Vikram as Shakthivel (Tamil Selvi's uncle)
- Deepa Iyer as Valarmathi (Tamil Selvi's aunt)
- Suresh as Senthil (Shaktivel's son)
- Jeganathan as Thangavel (Tamil Selvi's father)
- Dhakshayini as Venmathi (Tamil Selvi's mother, Shaktivel's sister)
- Kumaresan and Vishwanathan as Vetrivel (Tamil Selvi's uncle, Shaktivel's brother)
- "Meesai" Rajendranath as Palaniswamy (Saravanan's father)
- Raghavi as Palaniammal (Saravanan's mother)
- Kovai Kamala as Tamil Selvi's grandmother
- Dr. Sharmila as Dr Indira (Shenbagavalli's friend)
- Gowthami Vembunathan as Ezhilarasi (Doctor Kamaraj's wife and Amudhan's aunt)
- G. Gnanasambandam as Dr Kamaraj (Amudhan's uncle and Ezhilarasi's husband)
- Avinash Ashok as Muthu (Amudhan's friend)
Guests
- Meena as Herself (promo)
- Kavya Shastry as Kavya (lawyer)
Production
Tamil Film actress Meena featured in a initial promo of the series before its premiere.[1]
Initially Ashika Gopak Padukone played the lead Tamil Selvi. Soon, she quit and was replaced by Sandra Babu who was again replaced by Chaithira Sakkari.[4]
Remakes
The show was remade into Telugu as Subha Sankalpam airing on Gemini TV from 2 December 2019.[5]
| Language | Title | Network(s) | Airing history |
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| Telugu | Subha Sankalpam (శుభ సంకల్పం) | Gemini TV | 2 December 2019 – Present |
International broadcast
The series was released on 3 June 2019 on Sun TV and also airs on Sun TV HD. The program was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution.
- The program's episodes are released on YouTube channel Sun TV[6] after original telecast.
- 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 drama episodes are also released on their app Sun Nxt[7]
Crossover Episodes
- From 6 January 2020 – 10 January 2020, Nila had a crossover with Tamil Selvi between 5 episodes (184-188).[8]
References
- "Tamil Selvi to premiere on June 3". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "Tamil Selvi serial official page". www.sunnetwork.in.
- "Sun TV canceled four TV serials, Vijay and Zee insist 25 episodes". Sify. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- "Actress Chaithra Sakkari replaces Sandra Babu in Tamil Selvi". The Times of India. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- "Subhasankalpam Gemini Serial Launching 2nd December At 12.30 Noon". Indian Television. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- "Sun TV". YouTube.
- "Sun TVs digital platform Sun NXT can be viewed across screen formats". Business Standard.
- "Kanmani Lakshmi Stores Maha Sangamam". YouTube. Sun TV.