Kalyana Veedu

Kalyana Veedu (transl. Marriage house) is a 2018-2020 Indian Tamil-language soap opera directed by Thirumurugan.^[1] The show stars Thirumurugan, Kannika Ravi,spoorthy, Mouli(director)|R. Sundarrajan]], Anjana and Benze Dona^{[disambiguation needed]} ankitha in prominent roles.^[2]

Kalyana Veedu
Kalyanaveedu
Genre	Soap opera
Written by	Story Thirumurugan Dialogues Muthulakshmi Aarumugathamizhan
Screenplay by	Thirumurugan
Story by	Thirumurugan
Directed by	Thirumurugan (1–684)
Creative director	Thirumurugan
Starring	Thirumurugan Kanniga Ravi Spoorty Gowda Anjana k.r Benze Dona Sankar Ankitha batt Sangavi Pop Suresh Ravi Raj Munish raj Sripriya Gopi Jayanthi Theni Sathyabhama T.S.k.Moulee R.Sundharajan Sampath Sathya Hema Srikanth Meenakshi Aruna Devi Kannan
Theme music composer	Sanjeev Rathin
Opening theme	"Uravellam Vazhthi Padave" Hema Mahalingam (vocals) Ramesh Vaithiya (lyrics)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	684
Production
Producer	Jothi Thirumurugan
Cinematography	Sarath Chandran
Editor	Prem
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20–22 minutes
Production company	Thiru Pictures
Release
Original network	Sun TV
Original release	16 April 2018 (2018-04-16) – 13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)

Synopsis

Gopi, a sales representative and a part-time singer at an orchestra, goes through various trials and tribulations to ensure the well-being of his family. After a roller-coaster ride, Gopi finally register marriages Surya. In pursuit of searching job, Gopi meets a Manikkavasan who unbeknownst to Gopi had married the wife of Kathiresan. Manikkavasan has made Gopi as his adopted son (as it makes him the brother of Surya whom he married). The interesting twist is Gopi had only registered his marriage with Surya but not tied the mangal sutra (which means he is married and not married).

Cast

Main

• Thirumurugan as Gopi Krishnan, Surya husband, Sivagami and Muthaiah's Son, Anushya, Ramya, Savitha brother also Kalaivani , Manmadhan (main lead) (2018–present)

• R.Sundarrajan as Kathiresan, Surya and Roja father, Manikkavasam friend (2018–present)

• Mouli as Manikkavasam, Gopi adopted father, Kathiresan friend, Selvarani adopted brother (2019–present)

• Spoorthy Gowda as Surya Gopikrishnan, Roja sister, Gopi wife, Kathiresan and Selvarani daughter (main lead) (2018-2020)
  • Kannika Ravi (601-present) as Surya (Replaced Spoorthy) (2020-end)

• Anjana as Swetha Suman, Suman wife, Gopi’s friend, Prathiksha mother, Nandakumar sister (main lead) (2018–present)

• Benze as Anushya (main character) Gopi(Hero)Sister, Sivagami and muthaiah daughter, Savitha, Ramya sister, Archana mother, Raman ex wife, Surya sister in law. (2018–present)

• Dona Shanker as Ramya Manohar, Gopi sister(main character): anushya, Savitha sister, Sivagami and muthaiah daughter, Manohar wife, Kala daughter in law, Revathi sister in law. (2018–present)

• Sree Priya (main character)as Roja Selvanraja, Morathu Kudhi, Raja's wife, Surya sister, Kathiresan and Selvarani daughter. (2018–present)

• Ankitha Bhat as Savitha(main character), Pichaimani wife, Mutthaiah and Sivagami daughter, Gopi sister; anushya, Ramya sister and Padmavathi's daughter in law (2018–present)

• Gopi as Selvanraja " Raja", Roja's husband, Surya ex fiancée, Gopi's friend (2018–present)

• Pop Suresh as Manohar, Periyaswamy and Kala son, Ramya husband, Revathi brother. (2018–present)

• Hema Srikanth as Kala, Periyaswamy's wife, Manohar & Revathi's mother, Ramya'mother-in-law, Sakunthala's sister. (2018–present)

• Sathya as Sumandan "Suman", Swetha husband, Prathiksha father, Nandakumar brother in law. (2019–present)

• Munish Raja as Samantham, Anushya husband, Kalaivani ex love interest. (2020–present)

• Ravi Raj as Pichaimani, Parvathy son, Padmavathi's brother, Savitha husband, Kannan and Gopi brother in law. (2018–present)

• Jeyanthi as Sivagami Mutthaiah, mutthaiah wife, Gopi mother: Anshaya, Ramya, Savitha mother, Mutthaiah wife, Periyaswamy sister, Kala sister in law (2018–present)

Supporting cast

• Kalaivani
• Bhagyalakshmi as Selvarani, Manikam's wife
• Sampath as Nondhakumar, Swetha's brother, Gopi's friend
• Smaleen Monica as Sulochana, Swetha friend, Nandakumar Wife
• Aishwarya Ramsai as Archana Raman, Anushya and Raman's daughter
• Prathiksha as Prathiksha Suman, Swetha and Suman's daughter
• Jayaraman as Periyasamy, Kala's husband
• Seema as Revathi Periyasamy, Manoharan's sister
• Jeyashree as Sakunthala Perumal, Kala's younger sister, Perumal's wife
• Radhika as Kavitha, Suganthi's assistant
• Meenatchi as Parvathi Parthasarathy, Piachaimani's mother
• Arunadevi as Padmavathi Kannan, Pichaimani's sister
• as Kannan, Pichaimani's uncle, Padmavathi's husband
• Priya Rathnakumar as Pavithra Kannan, Pichaimani's niece, Padmavathi's daughter
• Bavithran as Jithu, a womaniser who desires Savitha. Died in serial
• Saranya as Kausalya, Kathiresan's neighbour
• Kannan as Shekar, Gopi's friend.
• Yuvan Pattison as Bharath, Roja's friend
• Muthu Kumara Swamy as Raman, Anushya ex-husband
• Geethanjali as Suganthi , Raman 2nd Wife
• Kartic Krishna as Singapore Subramani
• Palaniappan as Selvam

Past cast

• Aishwarya as Revathi Periyasamy
• Geetha as Sakunthala Perumal
• Punitha as Pavithra Kannan
• Ishitha as Suganthi Raman
• Sangeetha as Selva Rani (flashback role)
• Arunkumar Padmanabhan as Balakondaya (flashback role)

Soundtrack

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Uravellam (உறவெல்லாம்) Title Song"	Ramesh Vaithya	Mahalingam	4:30
2.	"Manmatha Malarkalil (மன்மத மலர்களில்)"	Manmadhan	Manmadhan

Reception

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Year / week	Episodes	Broadcast date	BARC ratings in millions (Tamil Nadu + Puducherry)^[3]
Week 17, 2018	6 – 11	21 April 2018 – 27 April 2018	28.9% (10.035)
Week 26, 2018	60 – 65	23 June 2018 – 29 June 2018	23.7% (8.585)
Week 27, 2018	66 – 71	30 June 2018 – 6 July 2018	21.9% (7.979)
Week 52, 2018		22 December 2018 – 28 December 2018	8.996^[4]
Week 33, 2020	605 – 610	15 August 2020 – 21 August 2020	20% (6.500)
Week 34, 2020	611 – 616	21 September 2020 – 30 September 2020	15% (5.012)

Impact

In September 2019, there was a complaint against the content of Kalyana Veedu following which the telecaster Sun TV was fined Rs 250,000 by the Broadcast Content Complaints Council. This was in reference to one of the episodes aired in May where one of the female characters named Roja hires a criminal gang to sexually assault her own sister. She ordered the men to show no mercy on her during this preplanned assault. The gang instead of following through the plan, enact the same plan on Roja. The controversial episodes were telecast on May 14, 15 and June 28, 2019.^[5]

The council, on examining the video clips based on the complaints, said in their order that the content violated the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) guidelines which bars content that glorifies violence, as well as incite or encourage viewers to obscene or indecent behaviour. A notice was issued to the channel and in their reply to the council, Sun TV and Thiru Pictures clarified and apologised to the council. The order stated that they consented to agree with their decision as well.^[6]

References

1. "Sun TV's new serial Kalyana Veedu". Kamadenu (in Tamil). www.kamadenu.in. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
2. "Tamil TV show Kalyana Veedu crosses 500 episodes; actresses Anjana and Spoorthy Gowda thank fans". The Times of India.
3. "barcindia.co.in Kalyana Veedu serial Ratings".
4. "Zee Tamil's Sembaruthi bolsters its dominance". Dinamani.
5. "Director says sorry for sexual assault scenes in TV soap". Deccan Chronicle.
6. Staff Reporter (18 September 2019). "'Kalyana Veedu' serial: Sun TV directed to pay penalty and run apology". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

External links

• Official website