Label (TV series)

Label is a 2023 Tamil-language television series directed by Arunraja Kamaraj who co-wrote the script with Jeyachandra Hashmi for Disney+ Hotstar.^[1] The film talks about Article 20 of the Indian Constitution.^[2] The principal cast of the series includes Jai, Tanya Hope, Mahendran and Harishankar Narayanan. The series premiered on 10 November 2023 and consists of ten episodes.^[3][4]

Label
Release poster
Genre	Action Crime Drama
Written by	Jeyachandra Hashmi Arunraja Kamaraj
Directed by	Arunraja Kamaraj
Starring	Jai Tanya Hope Mahendran Harishankar Narayanan
Music by	Sam C. S.
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producer	AJ Prabhakaran
Cinematography	Dinesh B. Krishnan
Editor	Raja Arumugam
Production company	Muthamizh Padaipagam ARK Entertainment
Original release
Network	Disney+ Hotstar
Release	10 November 2023 (2023-11-10)

Synopsis

The story revolves around the protagonist (Jai) struggle to reach his desired identity and overcoming the identity society has labelled him with.

Cast

• Jai as Prabhakaran
• Tanya Hope as Mahitha
• Mahendran as Veerasekar
• Harishankar Narayanan as Kumaraguru
• Sriman as Ranga
• Charan Raj as Murugesan, Prabha's father
• Rama as Prabha’s mother
• Ilavarasu as Muthuvel
• Suresh Chakravarthy as Paramasivan
• Arish Kumar as Arul Kumaran
• D. R. K. Kiran as Senguttuvan
• Ramesh Thilak as Pazhanivel
• Ashvin Raja
• Jasper as Paathalam

Production

Development

The series is produced by AJ Prabhakaran under the Muthamizh Padaippagam with ARK Entertainment. Arunraja Kamaraj of Nenjuku Needhi (2022) fame, was roped in to direct the series which he co wrote with Jeyachandra Hashmi.^[5][6] The cinematography was handled by Dinesh Krishnan, editing by Raja Arumugam, Music by Sam C. S..

Casting

Tamil actor Jai was cast main role.^[7][8] This is his second role in a limited series. Actress Tanya Hope plays the female lead alongside his.^[9] In end of March 2023, Actor Mahendran joined the cast. This is his debut role in a limited series.

Release

It was announced on Thursday 23 March 2023, that the series will be released in Tamil and dubbed in Telugu,Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali and Kannada on Disney+ Hotstar.^[10]

The first poster was released on 23 March 2023, the poster features the words Label with the caption of a Thirukural in Tamil "தோன்றின் புகழோடு தோன்றும்" (Thondrin Pukalodu Thondrum) which translate to "if you are born, be born with qualities conductive to fame". The first teaser and motion poster was released on 10 October 2023,^[11] the teaser features a visibly a hint of the series being a legal drama.^[12]