Chandralekha (TV series)
Chandralekha[1] is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that airs on Sun TV. The show premiered on 6 October 2014. The show stars Shwetha, Nagasri, Munna and Sandhya Jagarlamudi. It is currently directed by A.P. Rajendran.[2][3]
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Written by | Dialogue by
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| Theme music composer | X. Paulraj |
| Opening theme | "Kalaiyile Malarthidum" Anuradha Sriram (Vocals) V.Saravana Raja (Lyrics) |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 1590 as 23 January 2020 |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 20-24 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | Saregama |
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| Original network | Sun TV |
| Original release | 6 October 2014 – present |
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Plot
Meena (Meenakumari) gives birth to Lekha (Nagasri) and Vasundhara Devi (Niharika) gives birth to Chandra (Shwetha). With the aid of a child-stealing group, each child leaves the hospital with a different mother. How Chandra and Lekha grow up and solve the problems is the rest of the story.
Cast
Main
- Shwetha as Chandra Sanjay
- Nagasri as Lekha Sabarinathan
- Jai Dhanush and Munna as Sanjay Parandhaman
- Sandhya Jagarlamudi as Bhavani / Nurse Brindha
Recurring
- Arun Kumar Rajan as Sabarinathan
- Rishi Keshav as Azhagesan
- Meenakumari as Meena Azhagesan
- Bhuvaneswari and Niharika and Dr. Sharmila as Vasundhara Devi Ashok Kumar
- Premi Venkat and Shanthi Anandraj as Radha Parandhaman
- Ramesh as Parandhaman
- Shanthi Williams as Meenakshi
- Vanitha Hariharan as Devi
- Sumangali as Thangam
- Saakshi Siva as Ashok Kumar
- Vijay Krishnaraj and Sai Gopi as Manickam
- Shravan Rajesh as Inspector Siddarth
- Baby Athina as Abirami
- Krithika Laddu and Preethi Kumar and Krithika Laddu as Jeeva Siddarth
- Maanas Chavali as Vignesh
- Mahesh Prabha as Inspector Sethupathy
- Sunitha as Sharanya Sabarinathan
- Rani as Chandrakandha AC
- Lakshmi Raj as Sendhooran
- Gowthami Vembunathan as Mohana Valli
- Gve Krishna as Varun
- Mukesh Khanna as Vicky
- Surekha as Lakshmi
- Suresh Krishnamurti as Rajashekar
- Vimal Raj as Thambi Anne
- Varun Mithra as Karthick
- Divya Padmini as Mangaiyakarasi Siddarth
- Krithika Laddu as Jenifer
- Dubbing Janaki as Abirami Ramanathan
- Thyagarajan as Ramanathan
- Mahesh Subramaniam as Sriram
- Rekha Suresh as Mrs Vinodhan
- --- as Jhansi
- Ravivarma as Jeeva's uncle
- Usha Elizabeth as Latha
- Bharathi Mohan as Anbarasu
- Vimitaa Krishnan as Lavanya Anbarasu
- Isaac Varghese as Kathir
- S.Sunil Kumar as Vinodan
- Keerthi Jai Dhanush as Rudhradevi
- Birla Bose as Rudhradevi's uncle
- K. S. Jayalakshmi as Tamilarasi Varadhachari
- Sairam as Varadhachari
- ------- as Subhadra (died in serial)
- Devipriya as Fake Brinda Sarathi
- Vaani as Nila's adopted Grandmother
- --- as Sivanaandi, Nila's adopted uncle
- ----- as Rajesh (died in serial)
- Chitra Lakshmanan as Gemini Ganeshan
- Nalini as Arivu Azhagi
- Nisha Jagadeeswaran as Anjali
- Sujatha as Renuka, Anjali's mother
- -------- as Raghavan, Rajesh's father
- Shyam as Vinod
- Sabana Parvin as Divya Vinod
- Jothika as Aishwarya, Divya and Sundar's sister
- Pavithran as Arun, a worker in a CSF company
- Navindhar as Sundar, Divya and Aishwarya's brother
- Chandini Prakash as Priyanka
- --------- as Chandru, Priyanaka's Assistant
- Shwetha as Nila Thiruvasagan
- Supergood Kannan as Sundaram, Thiruvasagan's father
- Ujjayinee Roy as Chintamani Sundaram, Thiruvasagan's mother
- -------- as Prathibha, Thiruvasagan's sister
- Dharini as Bhairavi, Sundaram's sister and Nila's mother
- Karan Sagar as Thiruvasagan, Nila's husband
Cameo appearances
- Sibbu Suryan as Arjun Prathap
- Priyanka Nalkari as Roja Arjun
- Vanitha Vijayakumar as Herself
Original soundtrack
Title song
It was written by lyricist V.Saravana Raja, composed by the music director X.Paulraj. It was sung by Anuradha Sriram with the right feel which touched people.
Soundtrack
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Kalaiyile Malarththidum Thamarai Pola Un Mukam (காலையிலே மலர்ந்துடும் தாமரை போல உன் முகம்)" | V.Saravana Raja | Anuradha Sriram | 2:00 |
International broadcast
- The series was released on 6 October 2014 on Sun TV, the series also airs on Sun TV HD.
- The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution. It airs in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV.
- The show's episodes are released on the YouTube channel Saregama TV Shows Tamil after the original telecast.
Legacy
The episode telecasted on 23 July 2016 was subjected to trolls for the scene where a woman gets shot by a sniper and remains alive for hours before dying.[4]
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
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| 2019 | Sun Kudumbam Awards 2019 | Best Marumagal | Shwetha | Chandra | Nominated |
| Best Mamiyar | Sumangali | Thangam | Nominated | ||
| Best Couple | Shwetha & Jai Dhanush | Chandra and Sanjay | Nominated |
References
- "Saregama's 'Chandralekha' Completes 1000 Episodes, It's Their Third Show to Reach This Milestone". India West.
- "Chandralekha serial". tamil.filmibeat.com.
- "Chandralekha new serial on Sun TV". tamil.filmibeat.com.
- "Tamil soap opera shoots logic in the head, video goes viral, viewers get headache". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
External links
- Official Website (in English)
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