Mahakavi Bharathi is a 2024 Indian

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-language historical

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directed by Latha Krishna. The series explores the life of Tamil poet, freedom fighter, and social reformer

Subramania Bharati Subramania Bharati (Born Chinnaswami Subramaniyan; 11 December 1882 – 11 September 1921) was an Indian writer, poet, journalist, teacher, Indian independence activist, social reformer and polyglot. He was bestowed the title ''Bharati'' for hi ...

. The show stars Naveen Kumar, Isaikavi Ramanan, Deepika and Dharma in lead roles. It airs on DD Tamizh from 21 January 2024 on every Sunday at 21:30.

Premise

The series delves into the life of Tamil writer, poet, journalist,

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, social reformer and

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and his wife Chellamma.

Cast

Main

* Isaikavi Ramanan as

** Naveen Kumar as young C. Subramaniyan * Dharma as Chellamma ** Deepika as young Chellamma

Recurring

* Y. G. Mahendran as Kuvalai Kannan * Kathadi Ramamurthy as Swaminatha Deekshitar * Logesh Natrajan as

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* Elango Kumanan as V. V. S. Aiyar * Muthukumaran as V. O. Chidambaram Pillai * Suppini as Kullachamy * Krithika Shurajit as Yedugiri

Production

Development

The series is produced by Mohana under the Krishnaswamy Associates. Latha Krishna, who has helmed the docudrama and also penned the screenplay, said "it was a fascinating experience to direct the serial and was challenging to depict the period visually". The series is executive producer and creative head S. Krishnaswamy, cinematographer by Kevin Darwin. The series was planning 26 episodes. The serial features nearly 36 songs, including those sung by T.S. Ranganathan, Magizhan, Shruthi Shankar Kumar, Arjun Sai, and Darshita and the song sequencing has been done by D. Ravishankar. And also the great-grandson of Bharati has composed and sung a few songs, including the title song.

References

{{reflist Podhigai TV television series Tamil-language documentary television series 2024 Tamil-language television series debuts Television shows set in Tamil Nadu Tamil-language television shows