Thendral
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Thendral (transl. Breeze) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired Monday through Friday on Sun TV. It was broadcast from 7 December 2009 to 17 January 2015 for 1,340 episodes.
Thendral | |
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Genre | Soap opera |
Screenplay by | Guru. Sampathkumar C. U. Muthuselvan Dialogues: Guru. Sampathkumar Ezhilvaradhan |
Story by | Ananda Vikatan |
Directed by | S. Kumaran |
Starring | |
Theme music composer | Kiran |
Opening theme | "Poradave" Karthik (Vocals) Yugabharathi (Lyrics) |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Tamil |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 1,340 |
Production | |
Producer | Vikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd |
Cinematography | S. T. Maads |
Editors | Sasi K. Basanth G. V. Rajan B. Chandru S. Neilston Palanisamy |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | Approx. 20 minutes |
Production company | Vikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd |
Original release | |
Network | Sun TV |
Release | 7 December 2009 (2009-12-07) – 17 January 2015 (2015-01-17) |
The show stars Shruthi Raj and Deepak Dinkar and revolves around a girl's struggle in a middle-class family, focusing on the importance of women's education. It was produced by Vikatan Televistas Pvt Ltd and directed by S. Kumaran.[1][2] The show replaced Kolangal which was also produced by Vikatan Televistas. Thendral was amongst the first Tamil serials to go viral on the internet.[3] The Indian newspaper Business Standard described it as the "first youthful prime time daily soap in Tamil".[4][5][6] Thendral has been highly acclaimed and has won many awards.[7][8][9] After a nine-year hiatus, the show returned from 10 December 2018 on Vikatan Prime Time YouTube channel every day. It was re-telecasting on Colors Tamil from 16 May 2022.[10] Now it is currently re-telecasting in Kalaignar TV from 4 September 2023.