Lakshmi is a 2006–2008
India
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Tamil
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People, culture and language
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-language soap opera that aired on
Sun TV from 24 July 2006 to 24 November 2006 and 27 November 2006 to 13 June 2008 for 500 episodes.
The show starred
Meena
Meena () is a tribe from northern and western India which is sometimes considered a sub-group of the Bhil community. It used to be claimed they speak Mina language, a
Spurious languages, spurious language. Its name is also transliterated as ' ...
,
Vijay Adhiraj
Vijay Adhiraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada films and serials. He was introduced in the NFDC and Doordarshan produced ''Sahashraphan'' in Hindi, written by P. V. Narasimha Rao and directed by T. S. Na ...
,
Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
Lakshmi Gopalaswamy is an Indian actress from Karnataka and a classical dancer, qualified in Bharatanatyam. She has mainly acted in Malayalam films, while also appearing in few Kannada and Tamil films.
She won the Karnataka State Film Award f ...
,
Mohan Sharma
Mohan Sharma is an Indian film and television actor, film producer, director and screenwriter, who works in Cinema of South India, South Indian films. He has produced more than 15 films in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. He became noted th ...
,
Chetan,
Saakshi Siva
Saakshi Siva is an Indian actor who acts in Tamil and Telugu language television and films. He is best known for his role in the serial '' Anandham''.
Career
Siva made his debut with the Tamil-Telugu bilingual serial ''Sabatham''. He then st ...
It was produced by
Home Media
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* Home video
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, director by Sundar. K. Vijayan and R. Balaji yadav.
Plot
Focusing on caste-discrimination in India, this is the story of a
Brahmin
Brahmin (; ) is a ''Varna (Hinduism), varna'' (theoretical social classes) within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the ''Kshatriya'' (rulers and warriors), ''Vaishya'' (traders, merchants, and farmers), and ''Shudra'' (labourers). Th ...
Intelligence girl (
Meena
Meena () is a tribe from northern and western India which is sometimes considered a sub-group of the Bhil community. It used to be claimed they speak Mina language, a
Spurious languages, spurious language. Its name is also transliterated as ' ...
) who falls in love with a boy (
Vijay Adhiraj
Vijay Adhiraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada films and serials. He was introduced in the NFDC and Doordarshan produced ''Sahashraphan'' in Hindi, written by P. V. Narasimha Rao and directed by T. S. Na ...
) from the so-called lower caste.
Cast
Main
*
Meena
Meena () is a tribe from northern and western India which is sometimes considered a sub-group of the Bhil community. It used to be claimed they speak Mina language, a
Spurious languages, spurious language. Its name is also transliterated as ' ...
as Lakshmi
*
Vijay Adhiraj
Vijay Adhiraj is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada films and serials. He was introduced in the NFDC and Doordarshan produced ''Sahashraphan'' in Hindi, written by P. V. Narasimha Rao and directed by T. S. Na ...
*
Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
Lakshmi Gopalaswamy is an Indian actress from Karnataka and a classical dancer, qualified in Bharatanatyam. She has mainly acted in Malayalam films, while also appearing in few Kannada and Tamil films.
She won the Karnataka State Film Award f ...
as Nethra
Recurring
*
Mohan Sharma
Mohan Sharma is an Indian film and television actor, film producer, director and screenwriter, who works in Cinema of South India, South Indian films. He has produced more than 15 films in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. He became noted th ...
*
Malaysia Vasudevan
Vasudevan (15 June 1944 – 20 February 2011), popularly known as Malaysia Vasudevan, was a prolific Tamil playback singer and actor. Born in the town of Kuala Selangor in the Federated Malay States (present day Malaysia), he moved to Che ...
*
Chetan
*
Saakshi Siva
Saakshi Siva is an Indian actor who acts in Tamil and Telugu language television and films. He is best known for his role in the serial '' Anandham''.
Career
Siva made his debut with the Tamil-Telugu bilingual serial ''Sabatham''. He then st ...
* Akash as Santhosh
*
Santhana Bharathi
Santhana Bharathi is an Indian film director and actor who has primarily worked in Tamil cinema. He directed '' Gunaa'' (1991), which won third prize for the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film. He also directed '' Mahanadhi'' (1994), ...
*
Reena
* Manokar as ACP Poobalan
*
Shylaja Chetlur
*
Nikita Aria / Ramya Shankar
* Vinayak as Madhu
* K.S. Jeyalakshmi
* Pollachi Babu
*
Fathima Babu
Fathima Babu is an Indian actress, former newsreader and socialite based out of Chennai who hails from Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry. Born in a Muslim family, Fathima began her public career as a newsreader for more than 25 years wit ...
* Preethi Sanjeev
* Rani
* Akila
*
Kanya Bharathi
*
Tinku
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* Rajasekar
* Gowthami Vembunathan
*
Amarasigamani
D. Amarasigamani (12 November 1950 – 21 June 2021) was an Indian actor and poet who worked on Tamil films and television serials.
Career
Amarasigamani began his acting career in drama troupes, working with actors such as S. V. Sahasranamam, ...
*
Pasi Sathya
Pasi Sathya is an Indian actress who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema and television. She has worked in popular movies like ''Veedu'', '' Magalir Mattum'', '' Pudhupettai''.
She made her debut in the National award-winning Tamil film, ' ...
* Srilekha Rajendran
* Rajendran
* Archana Suresh
* Ravi Varma
* T.S.Ragavendhar
* Vizhuthugal Santhanam
*
Joker Thulasi
''Joker'' Thulasi (15 March 1950 – 10 May 2021) was an Indian actor, who worked in Tamil film and television industry. Thulasi made his acting debut in the Tamil film ''Ungalil Oruthi'' directed by Devaraj-Mohan released on 11 April 1976, and ...
Original soundtrack
Title song
It was written by
P. Vijay
Pa. Vijay is an Indian lyricist, poet, writer, director, producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics in India for his song '' Ovvoru Pookalume'' in Cheran's ''Autograph'' (2004).
C ...
. It was sung by
Binni Krishnakumar
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.
Soundtrack
References
External links
Official Website
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Sun TV original programming
2006 Tamil-language television series debuts
Tamil-language television shows
2008 Tamil-language television series endings