Malargal Explained

Genre:Soap opera
Producer:Metti Oli S. Siddique
Story:G. Suraaj
Screenplay:Badri
C. U. Muthuselvan
Dialogues:
K. N. Natarajan
Director:Badri
E. Vikkiramathithan
Starring:Delhi Kumar
Chetan
Abishek Shankar
Rajkanth
Sulakshana
Meenakumari
Sabitha Anand
Azhagu
Country:India
Language:Tamil
Num Episodes:400
Company:Cine Times Entertainment
Opentheme:"Arisi Mavale Kolam Podu"
(Vocals)
Rahul Nambiar
G. Gayathri Devi
Master Sooraj
Babay Shruthi Harini
(Lyrics)
Palani Bharathi
Theme Music Composer:Vijay Antony
Composer:Sanjeev Ratheen
Cinematography:S. T. Maads
Editor:Singai V. Raju
Camera:Multi-camera
Runtime:approx. 14–24 minutes
Channel:Sun TV
Related:Megala

Malargal (Tamil: மலர்கள், ) was an Indian Tamil-language soap opera which aired on Sun TV. It is a prime-time serial that aired weekdays from 17 October 2005 to 1 June 2007.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The show aired in Sun TV every Monday to Friday at 7.30 pm.

The show starred Delhi Kumar, Chetan, Abishek Shankar, Rajkanth, Sulakshana, Meenakumari, Sabitha Anand, Azhagu, Deepak Dinkar, Sreekumar, Vaishnavi, Sri Vidya, Rindhiya, Deepa Shankar, Poovilangu Mohan, Shyam Ganesh, George Vishnu, Sureshwar, Nithya Ravindar, Sonia Bose, Sneha Eswar, Vasu Vikram, Dev Anand, Jayashree, Chithra, Kaveri, Aishwarya, Akhila, Srilekha Rajendran, Revathi Shankar, Vijay Krishnaraj, Kaveri Babu, Chandrabose, K. S. G. Venkatesh, V. C. Jeyamani, K. S. Jayalakshmi, Gauthami Vembunathan, Swetha Bharathi, Bhuvana, Hema, Vatsala Rajagopal, Karna, Rajkumar & Arun Prabu Purushothaman.

The show is produced by Cine Times Entertainment & directed by Badri & E. Vikkiramathithan. The show was later replaced by Megala which was also produced by Cine Times Entertainment.

Plot

The story evolves on the life of Nataraja Gounder along with wife Sivagami & his five children Thulasi, Moorthy, Bhaskar, Siva & Vidya. Nataraja Goundar is a kind hearted, respected farmer & meticulous family leader yet he is very compassionate father. It shows how he faces struggles & hardship in his as well as his children's lives in the form of fate & enmity with Kathirvel, Gnanavel & Pandithurai who holds grudge on Nataraja Goundar for various reasons & how he overcomes it.

Cast

Production

Development

Cine Times Entertainment decided to produce Malargal as a replacement for their abruptly ended series Muhurtham which was produced as a replacement for their highly successful series Metti Oli. Cine Times Entertainment signed television writer & director Badri as the screenplay writer & director of this series, who had previously directed series such as Mangalyam & Aadugiran Kannan & written dialogues in the movie London. The story was written by G. Suraaj who had previously directed movies such as Moovendhar, Kunguma Pottu Gounder & Military written story, dialogues for movies such as Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga & Chinna & dialogues were written by K. N. Natarajan.

Later Badri had left the series to make his cinematic debut as a director in the movie Veerappu, so he was replaced with C. U. Muthuselvan & E. Vikkiramathithan as the screenplay writer & director respectively. This was the 2nd series directed by E. Vikkiramathithan after Anandha Bhavan in which he had replaced M. Thirumurugan & later worked with him as the 2nd unit director in Metti Oli. This series marked the 2nd collaboration of both C. U. Muthuselvan & E. Vikkiramathithan with Cine Times Entertainment as the former had worked as the screenplay writer in the series Metti Oli & director in Muhurtham & the later had worked as the 2nd unit director & actor in Metti Oli.

Casting

Delhi Kumar, Chetan & Abhishek were signed as the male leads Nataraja Goundar, Kathirvel & Shanmugham respectively in this series. This series marked the 2nd collaboration of the former with Cine Times Entertainment after Metti Oli & the 2nd collaboration of the later 2 with Badri after the series Aadugiran Kannan. Sulakshana & Meenakumari were signed as the female leads Sivagami & Thulasi respectively in this series.

Manorama, Azhagu, Rajkanth, Poovilangu Mohan, Sabitha Anand, Nithya Ravindar, Sonia Bose, George Vishnu, Sureshwar, Vasu Vikram, Chandrabose, Sneha Eeswar, Dev Anand, Vaishnavi, Deepa Shankar, Rindhiya, Mohan Sharma, Sathish, Vairavaraj, Vijay Krishnaraj, Kaveri Babu, Srilekha Rajendran, Revathy Shankar, Meera Krishnan, Hema, Akhila, Swetha Bharathy, K. S. G. Venkatesh, T. S. Raghavendra, Mythili, MLA Thangaraj, K. S. Jayalakshmi, Karna, V. C. Jeyamani, Gowthami Vembunathan, Vatsala Rajagopal, Soodhum Kavvum Sivakumar, Usha Elizabeth Suraj, Vidharth, Arun Prabu Purushothaman & Rajkumar were cast in supporting as well as negative characters in this series.

Music director Chandrabose who had composed many movies & series, made his acting debut in television through this series. After the series progressed some actors & actresses got replaced for various reasons. Vaishnavi, George Vishnu, Dev Anand, Hema Vidhaarth & Jayashree got replaced with Sri Vidya, Shyam Ganesh, Sreekumar, Bhuvana & Deepak Dinkar respectively. The most notable replacement was Vaishnavi because this was her final series as she had committed suicide during the filming of this series, subsequently got replaced with Sri Vidya & Dev Anand who was believed to be involved in Vaishnavi's suicide case was subjected to investigations, as a result he also got replaced with Sreekumar.[8] [9] [10]

Filming

The series was filmed in Chennai, Poonamalee, Nazarethpettai, Gerugambakkam, Kovur, Porur, Kanchipuram, Valasaravakkam, Baluchetty Chatram, Kundrathur, Tambaram, Padappai, Chittoor, Peddapuram & Bangalore.

Soundtrack

The title song was composed by Vijay Antony, while the background score & the other songs were composed by Sanjeev Ratheen. Lyrics were written by Palani Bharathi.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TAMIL TV SERIAL MALARGAL . NetTV4u . 31 August 2022 . 31 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Tamil Actor gets 5 Year RI . Deccan Herald . 31 October 2011 . 31 August 2022.
  3. Web site: We never know when they will ask us to dance or when they will ask us to sing - Deepak On Anchor's Job Exclusive Interview . . 21 April 2018 . 31 August 2022.
  4. Web site: Vanakkam Thamizha with Actor Abhishek Shankar - Full Show - 11th May 2020 - Sun TV . . 13 May 2020 . 31 August 2022.
  5. Web site: My smile has many years of crying. . 21 May 2021 . 31 August 2022.
  6. Web site: I love to do homely roles - Sri Vidya . films-channels.blogspot.com . 13 December 2007 . 31 August 2022.
  7. Web site: Vanakkam Tamizha with Serial Actors Prakash & Akila - Full Show - 25th Sep 2020 - Sun TV . . 26 September 2020 . 31 August 2022.
  8. Web site: Small Screen Stars who permanently got separated from their fans because of their decision of committing suicide . . 10 December 2020. 6 June 2024.
  9. Web site: From Sai Prashanth to VJ Chitra: 10 Tamil TV celebs who died . . 27 May 2023 . 6 June 2024.
  10. Web site: TV Anchor Vaishnavi commits suicide . Behindwoods . 18 April 2006 . 6 June 2024.
  11. Web site: Interview with Actor Abishek . Goergo . 18 August 2018 . 3 September 2022.
  12. Web site: Kushboo awarded . Behindwoods . 9 August 2008 . 3 September 2022.
  13. Web site: TV Awards . Behindwoods . 9 August 2008 . 3 September 2022.

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