Tamil Selvi is a 2019 Tamil-language family soap opera replacing Chandrakumari serial and its starring Chaithra Sakkari and VJ Vijay. 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 | V. Murali Raman |
| Starring | Akshika Gopal Padukone Character replacement Sandra Babu Character replacement Chaithra Sakkari, Ashwin Kumar Character replacement VJ Vijay, Kovai Kamala, Nishma Sabitha, Anand Arunkumar Padmanabhan, Neha menon |
| Theme music composer | Rehan |
| Opening theme | "Selvi Tamil Selvi" |
| Composer | Hari |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 247 |
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| Producer | Vaidehi Ramamurthy |
| Cinematography | R.K. Venkaiah Raman |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 20-25 minutes |
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| Network | Sun TV |
| Release | 3 June 2019 – 31 March 2020 |
Story edit
A Tamil girl named Tamil Selvi (Ashika Gopak Padukone / Sandra Babu / Chaithra Sakkari) is interested in studying and moving from her village to the city. But the two families want her to marry her cousin Saravanan (Arunkumar Padmanabhan). She marries Amudhan (Ashwin Kumar / VJ Vijay) 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 edit
Main edit
- 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 VJ Vijay (47-247) as Amudhan (Tamil Selvi's husband)
Supporting edit
- Nishma Chengappa as Rudra Saravanan (Selvarani's younger sister, Saravanan's wife)
- Varshika Nayak and Niharikka as Ilakkiya Shiva (Tamil Selvi's college friend, Amudhan's sister and Shiva's Wife)
- Preethi Kumar as Dilruba (Rajarajan's arch-rival)
- Arunkumar Padmanabhan as Saravanan (Tamilselvi's cousin, Rudra's husband)
- Jay Srinivas Kumar as Shiva (Dilruba's brother and Ilakkiya's husband)
- M. J. Shriram and Raja Senthil as Rajarajan (Ilakkiya and Amudhan's father)
- Sabitha Anand as Shenbagavalli Rajarajan (Ilakkiya and Amudhan's mother)
- Manush Manmohan 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 edit
- Meena as Herself (promo)
- Kavya Shastry as Kavya (lawyer)
Production edit
Tamil Film actress Meena featured in an 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]
Adaptations edit
| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
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| Tamil | Tamil Selvi | 3 June 2019 | Sun TV | 31 March 2020 | Original |
| Telugu | Thaali | 2 December 2019 | Gemini TV | Ongoing | Remake |
Crossover episodes edit
References edit
- ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Actress Chaithra Sakkari replaces Sandra Babu in Tamil Selvi". The Times of India. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "Kanmani Lakshmi Stores Maha Sangamam". YouTube. Sun TV.
External links edit
- Tamil Selvi at IMDb
