Seetha Kalyanam was an Indian Malayalam-language television soap opera drama. The show premiered on general entertainment channel Asianet channel and streaming on Disney+ Hotstar from 10 September 2018. Malayalam film actress Dhanya Mary Varghese played the title role in the show.[1] The show is the official remake of Telugu soap opera Lakshmi Kalyanam which aired on Star Maa.[2] The show aired its last episode on 10 September 2021.
| Seetha Kalyanam | |
|---|---|
 Seetha Kalyanam | |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Nap Creations |
| Based on | Lakshmi Kalyanam |
| Written by | Sangeetha Mohan NAP Creative Team Vallikodu Vikraman |
| Directed by | Sunil Karyattukara Manu V Nair Kurup Mararikkulam |
| Starring | see below |
| Theme music composer | Music : Sijo John Lyrics : B.K. Harinarayanan Singer :Ananya |
| Opening theme | "ഓമൽ കുരുന്നുകൾ" Omal Kurunnukal by Ananya |
| Ending theme | "സീതാ കല്യാണാ വൈഭോഗമേ" "Seethakalyana Vaibhogame" |
| Composers | Background Score : Gokul Sreekandhan, Rajeev Attukal |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Malayalam |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 772 |
| Production | |
| Producer | NAAP Communications |
| Cinematography | Anpu Mani Renju Mani |
| Editors | Harimukham Libin George Akhil V Kumar Pradeep Bhagvath |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Asianet |
| Release | 10 September 2018 – 10 September 2021 |
| Related | |
It replaced Parasparam, the longest running serial in Malayalam, which completed 1524 Episodes.
Plot edit
Seetha and Swathi are sisters from a poor household supported by their mother. Their mother dies and leaves Swathi in Seetha's care telling her that Swathi is now like her daughter. Seetha works to fund Swathi's education, remaining illiterate herself.
Years later edit
A grown-up Seetha and Swathi meet Rajeshwari, a bad-tempered and arrogant woman who hates poor people. Seetha gets into a fight with Rajeshwari and later apologises to her driver Kalyan. A humiliated Rajeshwari vows to take revenge from the sisters. Kalyan, who is in fact Rajeshwari's elder son, falls in love with Seetha. Swathi tries to commit suicide but is stopped by Seetha who is shocked to find out that Swathi is pregnant with her ex-boyfriend's child. Her ex-boyfriend is revealed to be Ajay, Rajeshwari's younger son.
Seetha helps Ajay and Swathi reunite. Rajeshwari is forced to accept them after Ajay tries to commit suicide. It is then revealed that Rajeshwari is in fact Kalyan's maternal aunt and step-mother. She finds a will bequeathing the entire property to Kalyan and plots to marry him to a sterile woman so he can never have children who can inherit.
Seetha and Kalyan fall in love. Rajeshwari demands Seetha marry her older son Kalyan and sign an agreement that she will never bear children and only then will she agree to Swathi and Ajay's marriage. Seetha agrees and breaks up with Kalyan. Swathi tries to stop Seetha but fails. On the wedding day, Kalyan and Seetha discover they are marrying each other and are shocked.
Seetha tries to win Kalyan's heart but all in vain. She starts working with the kalaakaars at the textile factory and wins them over helping them get their jobs back from Rajeshwari, thus impressing Kalyan. She then helps Kalyan track down his biological mother Ambika who had been accused of murder and is hated by Kalyan's father Venu because of misunderstandings created by Rajeshwari. This brings them closer and he accepts that she must have had a reason for rejecting him.
Later, Seetha gets pregnant too. However, Rajeshwari makes another evil move. She hires goons to kidnap Kalyan. Later, a lawyer named Jayadevan claims that Rajeshwari is his wife. Rajeshwari is shocked and worried.
It is later revealed in a flashback that, Rajeshwari's real name was Radhika Devi. She was from a wealthy family. She fell in love with Jayadevan, the son of a police officer. His father, had wished his son and his nephew, Hariprasad "Hari" to be an officer just like him.
Jayadevan and Hari is happy with the idea. It is also shown that Hari was in love with Jayasudha, the sister of Jayadevan. It is shown that Radhika, desperately wanted to marry Jayadevan. However, Jayadevan denied it to follow his dreams. Agitated, Radhika threatened him that she would commit suicide. Helpless, Jayadevan agrees. Soon, after Radhika gives birth to Aswathy, but she is mentally disabled because of which Radhika hates her and attempts to kill her, which fails.
Meanwhile, Jayadevan is in jail for the crime he didn't commit. After, releasing Jayadevan gets to know of Radhika's evil motives. However, he is shattered to learn that Radhika also murdered his family except Hari. Jayadevan and Hari joins hands to revenge. Jayadevan studies law and becomes a lawyer. Not knowing any of these, Ajay suspects Rajeshwari's evil motives and trusts Jayadevan. However, Jayadevan struggles to tell Ajay that he is Ajay's father.
Seetha brings in two children, Meenakshi "Meenu" and the other is none other than Aswathy "Achu" (She grew up under the care of Jayadevan), now a grown up girl. Achu and Meenu dislikes Rajeshwari. Meenu is later kidnapped, by Annadurai, Rajeshwari's goon.
Kalyan, is now a drug addict. However, Seetha manages to get Rajeshwari arrested and rescues Kalyan and Meenu. Ajay, realises that Jayadevan is his father and Achu is his sister. The show ends joyously with Jayadevan, Ajay, Kalyan, Meenu, Swathi and Seetha rejoicing, Rajeshwari's defeat.
Cast edit
Lead cast edit
- Dhanya Mary Varghese as Seetha – Swathi's sister; Sravani's half-sister; Kalyan's wife
- Eva as Child Seetha
- Reneesha Rahiman as Swathi – Seetha's sister; Sravani's half-sister; Ajay's wife
- Baby Athmika as Child Swathi
- Roopa Sree as Radhika "Rajeshwari" Devi – Ambika's sister; Venu and Jayadevan's wife; Ajay and Aswathy's mother; Kalyan's step-mother
- Souparnika Subhash as Young Radhika Devi
- Anoop Krishnan / Alif Shah as Kalyan – Ambika and Venu's son; Radhika's step-son; Ajay and Aswathy's cousin; Seetha's husband
- Jithu Venugopal as Ajay – Radhika and Jayadevan's son; Aswathy's brother; Kalyan's cousin; Swathi's husband
- Sona Nair as Ambika Devi aka Saradananda Swamikal – Radhika's sister; Venu's ex-wife; Kalyan's mother
- Anand Thrissur as Venu – Ambika's ex-husband; Radhika's first husband; Kalyan's father
- Rahul Mohan as Jayadevan – Jayasudha's brother; Hariprasad's cousin; Radhika's husband; Ajay and Aswathy's father
Recurring cast edit
- J Padmanabhan Thampi as Moorthy
- Adithyan Jayan as SP Hariprasad IPS – Jayadevan and Jayasudha's cousin
- Amboori Jayan as Mahendran
- Souparnika Subhash as Ashwathy aka Achu – Radhika and Jayadevan's daughter; Ajay's sister; Kalyan's cousin
- Gopika Janardhanan as SP Pooja IPS
- Archana Suseelan as Sravani Saigal – Seetha and Swathi's half-sister
- Tom Jacob as Annadurai
- Manu Varma as Jayadevan and Hariprasad's father
- Haridas as Hrishikeshananda Swamikal
- Disciple of Saradananda Swamikal and spoilt brat who aims to take over Swami's wealth
- Ranjith Raj as SP Goutham IPS
- Saji Surya as CI Musthafa
- Joshy Varghese as DYSP Mahesh
- Vimala as Shantha, Rajeshwari's Servant
- Hareendran as Hari
- Rajmohan as Hareendra Varma
- Anoop Sivasenan as Abhiram
- Sini Varghese as Nayana/Shreya
- Anzil Rahman as Abhiram's Friend
- Subbalakshmi as Sravani's grandmother
- Anugraha as Minnu, Achu's Friend
- Asha Nair as Nimmy
- Pala Aravindan as Mashammavan
- Sheeji Master as D2A2
- Sreekutty as Pramila
- Raima Rai as Nurse, Mashammavan's daughter
- Surya Mohan as Sandra
- Aparna Nair as CI Nirmala
- Manu Gopinathan as Theeppori Bhaskaran
- ____ as Dr. Reshma
- Leela Manacaud
Guest appearance edit
- Leena Nair as Seetha and Swathi's mother (Dead)
- Della George as herself (Episode 11)
- Pratheeksha G Pradeep as herself (Episode 11)
- Haritha G Nair as herself (Episode 11)
- Vindhuja Vikraman as host (Episode 11)
- Rohini M Jayachandran as Anchor (Episode 33)
- Mareena Michael Kurisingal as Marina in Maha episode (Episode 362)
Awards and reception edit
12th Asianet Television Awards 2019
- Best Star Pair –Anoop krishnan and Dhanya mary varghese
- Performer In a Negative Role -Roopasree
This is the third serial among the 5 top rated serials in Malayalam television with 4.46 million impressions (Week 05, 2019) following Vanambadi and Neelakkuyil, according to BARC India.[3] The TRPs of weeks in month January 2019 is shown below.
January 2019 edit
| Date | Episode | Rank | TRP Rating (Impressions) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar – 5 Apr | 157 – 162 | 2 | 4.20 M |
| 26 Jan – 1 Feb | 109 – 113 | 3 | 4.46 M |
| 19 Jan – 25 Jan | 104 – 108 | 3 | 4.24 M |
| 12 Jan – 18 Jan | 98 – 103 | 3 | 4.67 M |
| 5 Jan – 11 Jan | 93 – 97 | 3 | 5.00 M |
| 29 Dec – 4 Jan | 88 – 92 | 3 | 4.59 M |
Adaptations edit
| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telugu | Lakshmi Kalyanam లక్ష్మీ కళ్యాణం |
7 November 2016 | Star Maa | 10 October 2020 | Original |
| Tamil | Lakshmi Kalyanam லட்சுமி கல்யாணம் |
7 February 2017 | Star Vijay | 23 June 2017 | Remake |
| Kannada | Sindhoora ಸಿಂಧೂರ |
20 March 2017 | Star Suvarna | 23 April 2020 | |
| Bengali | Mayar Badhon মায়ার বাঁধন |
29 May 2017 | Star Jalsha | 17 June 2018 | |
| Hindi | Jiji Maa जीजी माँ |
9 October 2017 | Star Bharat | 18 February 2019 | |
| Malayalam | Seetha Kalyanam സീതാകല്യാണം |
10 September 2018 | Asianet | 10 September 2021 |
References edit
- ^ Ur, Arya. "Dhanya Mary Varghese makes her come back through Seetha Kalyanam". The Times of India.
- ^ "Seetha Kalyanam Serial on Asianet launching on 10th September 2018". vinodadarshan.com.
- ^ "BARC India".
