Manam Pole Mangalyam () is a

Malayalam language Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...

television series airing on

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and streams on

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. It stars Niyaz Musliyar, Meera Nair,

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, Rajendran N and Prem Jacob. It premiered on 28 December 2020. It is an official remake of

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series ''

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'' aired from 2019 to 2021.

Plot outline

Meera is a widow, she takes care of her family and faces all of life's issues calmly. She raised her son "Nikhil" and also takes care of her father-in-law but she always pays less attention to herself, loving everyone else except herself. After the marriage of Nikhil, the show focuses on how Meera's daughter in law "Nila" strives to bring a little joy in Meera's life. After the marriage of Nikhil and Nila, the family celebrates their marriage party in Arvind Raj's restaurant. The chef, Arvind Raj notices Meera and falls in love with her and the story begins.

Cast

Main cast

* Niyaz Musaliyar as Aravind Raja **A popular chef and owner of Raja's kitchen **Meera's second husband * Meera Nair as Meera **A widow, dedicated house wife and kind hearted women. She is Unnithan's daughter-in-law; Nikhil's mother and Nila's mother-in-law. *

as Nila Nikhil **A bold and straight forward girl. She is Nikhil's lover and turns wife; Meera's daughter-in-law; Unnithan's grand daughter-in-law. * Rajendran N as Radhakrishnan Unnithan * Sreekanth Sasidharan (Episode 1–100) / Prem Jacob (Episode 100 – present) as Nikhil Mukundan **Unnithan's grandson, Mukundan and Meera's son and Nila's husband

Recurring cast

Boban Alummoodan Boban Alummoodan is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films and Television serials. He is the son of the late Malayalam actor Alummoodan. He is best known for his role as Prakash Mathew in the 1999 movie '' Niram''. Boban played a lead ...

as Mukundhan/Babuji ** Unnithan's son and Nikhil's father * Ann Maria as Sona ** Babuji's caretaker * Jolly Easow as Clara; Meera's neighbor * Rahul Mohan as Ravishankar; Nila's father * Kishore as Dr.Nambeesan * Sayana Krishna as Vimala; Cunning and jealous lady in Meera's neighborhood * Sunitha as Latha; Vimala's mother in law * Hari as Udayan; Vimala's husband * Adya Aurora as Medha * Jayan as Mahadevan; Unnithan's younger brother * Lakshmi Sanal as Sreedevi Thankachi; Mahadevan's wife * Bindhu Aneesh as Hemalatha; Nila's mother * Riya as Julie; Nikhil's boss and Aravind Raja's friend *

M. R. Gopakumar Mathar Ramakrishnan Gopakumar (born 24 September 1951) is an Indian film, television and theatre artist from Kerala. He began his acting career through Malayalam stage plays and later in tele-films and television serials and into films. In his c ...

as Retd.

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Rajaraja Varma/Varmaji * Anil Narayanan as Gopi; Vimala's father in law * Vandana Krishnan as Mili; Raja's personal assistant * Della George as Thinkal Mariyam * Sumi Santhosh

Cameo appearance

Mridula Vijay Mridula Vijay is an Indian actress who predominantly works in the Malayalam television industry as well as in a few Tamil films. Early life Mridula was born as Sreelakshmi to Vijaikumar and Rani Vijaikumar. She later changed her name to Mridul ...

as Samyuktha **Nila's friend (in Nila-Nikhil Wedding Episode) *Sushmitha Prabhakaran as Sreelakshmi **Nila's friend (in Meera's Haldi Episode) *

Prayaga Martin Prayaga Rose Martin (born 18 May 1995) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Career Director Mysskin cast Prayaga Martin for her first lead role in Pissasu. In 2016, Prayaga played her second lead role as Parvath ...

as herself (guest in Meera-Aravind Raja Marriage Maha episode) *

Meghna Vincent Meghna Vincent is an Indian film and television actress who appears in Malayalam and Tamil languages. She is known for her lead roles of Amrutha in ''Chandanamazha'', Rohini in '' Ponmagal Vanthal'' and Seetha in '' Deivam Thandha Veedu''. Car ...

as Jyothi (promo presence) *Amala Gireesan as Kalyani (promo presence) * Shanavas Shanu as Hitler (promo presence)

Production

The production team involves Sudeep Karakkat Arun Devassia and Umesh Unnikrishnan (Umesh Nair).

Music

The title song been composed by Ranjin Raj and sung by

Sithara Krishnakumar Sithara Krishnakumar is an Indian playback singer, composer, lyricist, classical dancer and an occasional actor. She predominantly works in Malayalam cinema in addition to Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Sithara is a well known singer who is ...

and B.K.Harinarayanan.

Casting

Swasika plays the role of Nila, the daughter-in-law. This marks her comeback to Malayalam Television after 2 years. Actor Niyas Musliar also plays the lead role of Arvind Raj. Meera Nair who made her debut in

Njan Prakashan ''Njan Prakashan'' (') is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language satirical comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Sreenivasan and starring Fahadh Faasil in the title role. Sethu Mannarkkad produced the film under the banner of Full Mo ...

plays the character of Meera, the progressive mother-in-law. Newcomer Srikanth plays Meera's conservative son Nikhil.

Adaptations

References

External links

''Manam Pole Mangalyam''
at

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