Bhantham

Bhantham (Tamil: பந்தம், transl.  Bond) was an Indian Tamil-language soap opera which aired on Sun TV. It is a non-prime time serial that aired weekdays from 25 September 2006 to 29 May 2009. The show aired on Sun TV every Monday to Friday at 11:30am.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Bhantham
Genre	Soap opera
Screenplay by	J. Ramesh S. Kumaresan Dialogues: Balamurali Varman S. Kumaresan
Story by	Ramani Chandran S. Kumaresan
Directed by	M. K. Eeswara Moorthy K. Rangaraj Hari Babu
Starring	Preethi Sanjeev Deepak Dinkar Kanya Bharathi Shanthi Williams Nalini Sreekumar Poovilangu Mohan Rajasekhar Devipriya Balaji Manohar Shilpa Mary Teresa
Theme music composer	D. Imman
Opening theme	"Bhantham Bhantham Bhantham Illaiyel" (Vocals) Harish Raghavendra (Lyrics) Vairamuthu
Composer	Rehan
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of episodes	676
Production
Producer	San Media
Cinematography	K. S. Nagaraj R. V. Pazhani C. Thandapani
Editor	Rama Thirunavukkarasu
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 14–24 minutes
Production company	San Media
Original release
Network	Sun TV
Release	25 September 2006 (2006-09-25) – 29 May 2009 (2009-05-29)
Related
Agalya Uravugal Bommalattam

The show stars Preethi Sanjeev, Rindhya, Deepak Dinkar, Kanya Bharathi, Shanthi Williams, Nalini, Sreekumar, Absar, Poovilangu Mohan, Rajasekhar, Devipriya, Shilpa Mary Teresa, Balaji, Manohar, Jayanth, Venkat, Dev Anand & Yuvasri.

The show is produced by San Media & directed by M. K. Eeswara Moorthy, K. Rangaraj & Hari Babu. The show was later replaced by Uravugal which was also produced by San Media.

Plot

story is revolving around 2 identical sisters Nithila & Jeeva (both played by Preethi Sanjeev/Rindhya) who fights with each other for entrenching their rights over their late father Thillainayagam's (Poovilangu Mohan) property which was cunningly grabbed by Aadhilakshmi (Nalini) who has grudge over their father & mother Thamirabharani (Kanya Bharathi/Shanthi Williams) who was Aadhi's childhood friend. Nithila supports Aadhi believing their mother had murdered their father, while Jeeva tries to retrieve the property from Aadhi & also tries to prove that she was the one who had muredered their father to seek vengeance along with proving the innocence of their mother who got falsely accused for their father's murder.^[11][12]

Cast

• Preethi Sanjeev/Rindhya as Nithila (Gowri) & Jeeva
• Deepak Dinkar as Selva Ganapathy "Selvam/Selva"
• Kanya Bharathi/Shanthi Williams as Thamirabharani "Thamira"
• Nalini as Aadhilakshmi "Aadhi"
• Sreekumar as Anand
• Absar as Shakthi
• Poovilangu Mohan as Thillainayagam
• Rajasekhar as Sundara Ganapathy
• Devipriya as Neelambari
• Shilpa Mary Teresa as Lalitha
• Balaji/Manohar as Shantha Ganapathy "Shantha"
• Jayanth as Sathish
• Venkat as Surya
• Dev Anand as Prabhakar
• Yuvasri as Gayathri
• Yogini
• Shilpa
• Aishwarya
• Jyothi
• Neepa as Mahila
• Mali
• B. Murali as Michael
• Saval Raman
• Sukran
• M. R. Krishnamurthy as Aadiyapatham
• Vasu Vikram
• Gowthami Vembunathan
• Padmini as Anand's aunt
• Akila

Soundtrack

The title song was composed by D. Imman, while the background score & the other songs were composed by Rehan. Lyrics were written by Vairamuthu.

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Bhantham Bhantham Bhantham Illaiyel பந்தம் பந்தம் பந்தம் இல்லையேல்"	Vairamuthu	D. Imman	Harish Raghavendra	4:11
2.	"Thayumanavane Thayumanavane தாயுமானவனே தாயுமானவனே"	Vairamuthu	Rehan		1:11

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Role	Result
2007	Tamil Nadu State Television [13]	Best Villain	Nalini	Aadhilakshmi	Won

References

1. "Producer's Son who became Serial Writer!". Kungumam. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
2. "Bhantham to end on a happy note". filmschannels.blogspot.com. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
3. "Natyam to Abhinyam - Preethi Srinivasan". Eyra. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
4. "Preethi talks openly to us". filmschannels.blogspot.com. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
5. "It is not Preethi Srinivasan hereafter". Films-Channels. 2 December 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
6. "Villain Role is very easy for me - Deepak". Films-Channels. 2 December 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
7. "Tamil Nadu State Television Awards: Kolangal, Aanandham Best Serials". Ananda Vikatan. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
8. "I always buy my costumes for TV Serial - Shilpa". filmschannels.blogspot.com. 13 December 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
9. "My Turning Point started after Annamalai - Aishwarya". filmschannels.blogspot.com. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
10. "Sanjiv like a Villain: Vanitha Camping with Preethi Sanjiv Exclusive about her Personal". YouTube. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
11. "Bhantham to end on a happy note". filmschannels.blogspot.com. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
12. "Preethi talks openly to us". filmschannels.blogspot.com. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
13. "Tamil Nadu State Television Awards: Kolangal, Aanandham Best Serials". Vikatan. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2023.