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Saravanan Meenatchi is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language television series broadcast on STAR Vijay. The first season was broadcast from 7 March 2011 to 18 October 2013.[1] The second season of the show, which started as a sequel and next generation story of the first season, was broadcast from 21 October 2013 to 15 July 2016. The third season featured a different story and cast was broadcast from 18 July 2016 to 17 August 2018.[2][3]
Saravanan Meenatchi | |
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Genre | Family drama Romantic comedy |
Screenplay by | Priya Thampi |
Directed by | Azhagar (season 1) Praveen Bennett (season 2–3) |
Starring | Senthil Kumar Sreeja Chandran Rachitha Mahalakshmi Mohammad Irfan Kavin Rio Raj |
Theme music composer | Ilayavan |
Opening theme | Yelelo - Saravanan Meenatchi |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Tamil |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 1901 |
Production | |
Producer | Syed Anwar Ahmed |
Cinematography | R Saravanan |
Editor | PM Achuthan |
Running time | 20–22 minutes 42 minutes |
Production company | Evergreen Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Vijay TV |
Release | 7 March 2011 – 17 August 2018 |
Related | |
Saravanan Meenatchi (season 2) Saravanan Meenatchi (season 3) |
The name of the serial is derived from the names of the characters of the serial 'Madurai' starring the same lead pair.[4]
The story revolves around Saravanan (Senthil Kumar) and Meenatchi (Sreeja Chandran) who are poles apart in terms of personality, background, attitudes towards life, etc. Saravanan is a Chennai-based radio jockey from an affluent family.[5] Meenatchi is a small-town girl from Thirunelveli, working as a teacher in a small school. The story begins as the two families meet for a marriage proposal between the two, but things go wrong and the wedding does not happen. However, Saravanan and Meenatchi find themselves falling in love with each other. The energetic spirit with which the couple handle love, marriage and life in general leads the rest of the story.
Season 2 begins with Shakthi Saravanan (Mohammad Irfan), son of Saravanan and Meenatchi, coming to India from Canada to find a bride like his mom. He comes to his mom's village Kallidaikurichi in Tirunelveli where his maternal uncle, Tamizh (Meenatchi's elder brother), and family live. Shakthi Saravanan disguises himself and lives in Tamizh's house where he meets Tamizh's daughter, Thanga Meenatchi (Rachitha Mahalakshmi) a.k.a. "Meenatchi", and falls for her. After all oppositions from Tamizh, ultimately she too falls for Shakthi Saravanan. Tamizh is strongly against Thanga Meenatchi and Sakthi Saravanan's love due to tensions between the families in the previous generation. Because of this, Tamizh decides to marry his daughter Thanga Meenatchi to his other sister Sudha's son Saravana Perumal (Kavin) a.k.a. Vettaiyan (Shakthi Saravanan's cousin brother).
Shakthi Saravanan promises to save Thanga Meenatchi from the wedding and Vettaiyan promises not to marry her if Saravanan comes. Unfortunately, Saravanan never shows up (he gets deported back to Canada because of his visa expiration) and Vettiyan and Meenatchi get married. Meenatchi develops a strong hatred towards Vettiyan because of this sudden marriage. Meenatchi meets a guy at her college named Inba who promises to take her to Canada to meet Saravanan. His real intention is to kidnap her and rape her. Vettaiyan saves Meenatchi from Inba and his gang, and Vettaiyan himself promises Meenatchi that he will take her to Canada and unite her with Saravanan. They get really close and Meenatchi starts developing feelings for Vettaiyan without even realizing it. Although Meenatchi develops feelings for Vettaiyan, she tries to decline it.
She decides to break ties with Vettaiyan if she wants to live with Saravanan. When Thanga Meenatchi is on the way to the temple to break all ties with Vettaiyan, she meets with an accident and loses her memory.
Thanga Meenatchi meets Vettaiyan again and starts to develop feelings for him not remembering their marriage or her previous love with Shakthi Saravanan. Vettaiyan and Meenatchi start dating, and Vettaiyan hides the truth about Saravanan from Meenatchi. Soon Meenatchi gets to know that Vettaiyan is her husband and goes home to happily live with him.
Then she learns about her past with Shakthi Saravanan and is angry with Vettaiyan. After learning more about the sacrifices and hardships Vettaiyan faced for and because of her, she heartily accepts him and they start to live together. After a few months, they bump into a lady who shares Meenatchi's name and appearance, beginning season 3.
Love blossoms between a simple middle-class boy Saravanan (Rio Raj) and a rich girl Meenatchi (Rachitha Mahalakshmi), an MBA graduate from London. Despite the differences in their background, Saravanan and Meenakshi get married and lead a happy life together.
Saravanan Meenatchi season 1 attracted high viewership ratings during its broadcast in 2011–2013. The series was a major hit sin India and Sri Lanka and received immense popularity by Tamilians across the world. Season 1 of the series was the no 1 serial in TN for several weeks and also it was the first non- Sun TV serial to the top charts maintaining its no 1 position in top 3 till end. The cast members quickly became household names, several of them the faces of various endorsements and advertisements. The wedding of Saravanan Meenatchi was even conducted in real time and at a real place with much fanfare. The marriage was held in Karaikudi. In fact, invitations and sweet packets were distributed among the people of Karaikudi. The marriage episode was telecast for two-and-half-hours in Chennai, and the TRP ratings shot up to 10 in Chennai, and 6.4 all over Tamil Nadu.[10]
After the series ended, Mirchi Senthil and Sreeja Chandran got married on 2 July 2014 in Tirupati. It was a family affair and no celebs were present.[11]
Season 2 begins with Shakthi Saravanan who returns to India as Saravanan and Meenakshi's son, 20 years after his parents went overseas. He wants to search for a bride who is like his mother.
Love blossoms between a simple middle-class boy Saravanan and a rich girl Meenatchi, an MBA graduate from London. Despite the differences in their background, Saravanan and Meenakshi get married and lead a happy life together.
All of Saravanan Meenatchi season 1 awards are listed here. The serial was awarded 'Best Serial', 'Best Male Actor', 'Best Female Actor', 'Best Director' and 'Best Character Actor' at the 43rd annual awards function organized by Mylapore Academy.[13]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
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2012 | Mylapore Academy Awards | Best Serial | Saravanan Meenatchi | Won | |
Best Actor | Mirchi Senthil | Saravanan | Won | ||
Best Actress | Sreeja Chandran | Meenatchi | Won | ||
Best Director | Azhagar | Won | |||
Best Character Actor | Won | ||||
2014 | Vijay Television Awards[14] | Favourite Actor Male | Mirchi Senthil | Saravanan | Won |
Favourite Actor Female | Sreeja Chandran | Meenatchi | Won | ||
Favourite Screen Pair | Mirchi Senthil & Sreeja Chandran | Saravanan & Meenatchi | Won | ||
Favourite Fiction Series | Saravanan Meenatchi | Won | |||
Favourite Supporting Actor Male | Rajasekar | Rajasekar | Nominated | ||
Favourite Supporting Actor Male | Rajasekar | Rajasekar | Nominated | ||
Favourite Supporting Actor Female | Kuyili | Sharadha | Nominated | ||
Special Jury Award | Rajasekar | Rajasekar | Won | ||
Special Jury Award | Kuyili | Sharadha | Won |
Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
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Tamil | Saravanan Meenatchi | 7 March 2011 | Star Vijay | 17 August 2018 | Original |
Telugu | Raja Rani | 6 June 2016 | Star Maa | 3 September 2016 | Remake |
Kannada | Just Maath Maathalli | 15 August 2016 | Star Suvarna | 21 January 2017 | |
Bengali | Premer Kahini | 20 March 2017 | Star Jalsha | 3 December 2017 |
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