''Minnukettu'' is an Indian

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

television soap opera directed by Jnanasheelan and which aired on

Surya TV Surya TV is an Indian Malayalam language Indian general entertainment pay television channel owned by Sun TV Network. which is headquartered at Kochi. Surya TV HD became the third Malayalam language high-definition channel. Current broadcas ...

from 16 August 2004 to 2 January 2009 This is the first TV series in Malayalam to cross 1000 episodes. It was an official remake of Tamil television series ''

Metti Oli Metti Oli () was an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on weekdays on Sun TV for 811 episodes. The show starred Delhi Kumar, Kaveri, Gayathri, Vanaja, Uma Maheshwari, Revathi Priya, Chetan, Bose Venkat, Raj Kanth , Thirumurugan, S ...

''. A spiritual reboot version of the show titled '' Kanyadanam'' began airing on

from 3 August 2021.

Plot

Cast

Lead

Raghavan Raghavan is a South Indian name. It derives from the Sanskrit ''raghava'', meaning "derived from Raghu" or "descendant of Raghu" (an epithet of the Hindu god Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu), plus the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular ...

as Keshavan Nair *Meenakshi Sunil as Lakshmi *Gayathri Priya as Ganga * Dr. Shaju as Sudhi *Anand Thrissur as Viswam *

Anu Joseph Anu Joseph is an Indian actress in the Malayalam television industry. She made her acting debut in 2003, through the Malayalam Movie, ''Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam'' directed by T. V. Chandran. Anu was a participant of Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 5 ...

as Yamuna *Dhanya Menon as Jyothi *Dr.Neeraja / Souparnika Subhash as Meera *

Shanthi Williams Shanthi Williams is an Indian film and television actress who has played supporting roles in various Tamil and Malayalam movies and serials. Career Williams came into the industry as a child artist at the age of 12. Williams started her acting ...

as Janaki Amma *Sudheer Sukumaran as Unni *Arun Ghosh

Recurring

Sarath Das Sarath Das (born 25 July 1978) is an Indian actor and dubbing artist who works in Malayalam films and television. He is known for his role as Lord Krishna in the serial ''Sree Mahabhagavatham'' telecasted on Asianet. He has had a lengthy career ...

*Dimple Rose as Saritha *Krishna Prasad *

Beena Antony Beena Antony is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam film and television serials. She was seen in supporting roles in films and television serials in her later career, including ''Ommanathinkalpakshi'', ''Mayaseetha'', '' Ente Manasapu ...

Aneesh Ravi Aneesh Ravi is an Indian actor and anchor who appears in Malayalam television. He has also acted in Tamil serials including '' Megala'' (2007–2010) and '' Shanthi Nilayam'' (2011–2012). He won the Kerala State Television Award for Best Act ...

as Vimal R Menon *Sruthi Nair as Archana *Harijith *Kottayam Pradeep *Rani *Kripa *

Kalabhavan Haneef Kalabhavan Haneef (1959 or 1960 – 9 November 2023) was an Indian actor and Impressionist (entertainment), impressionist in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut with the film ''Cheppukilukkana Changathi'' (1991). Career Haneef started imper ...

*Sreedevi *Ramesh Kurumassherry *Shobha *Kalabhavan Rahman *

Meena Ganesh Meena Ganesh (15 July 1942 – 19 December 2024) was an Indian theatre artist and actress who acted mostly in Malayalam film. As a theatre artist, she has won many awards, including the Guru Pooja Award from the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy. ...

*T.S.Raju *

Kannur Sreelatha Kannur Sreelatha is an Indian actress from Kannur who is best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. Making her debut with the movie ''Prashnam Gurutharam'', directed by Balachandra Menon, she has acted in many stage plays before entering into ...

*Sabari Nath *Anzil Rehman *Sreekkutty *M.K.Varrier *

Kulappulli Leela Kulappulli Leela is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam cinema, Tamil cinema and television. She has mostly done comedic roles, and has appeared in over 350 films. She began her career acting through theatre dramas. Early ...

*Indhu Kalaadharan *Jolly Eesow *

Seema G. Nair Seema G. Nair is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam film, Malayalam and Tamil language, Tamil films and Television, TV series. Personal life Seema enjoys listening to Ghazal songs, cooking, traveling and cherishing 'me time'. Her favo ...

*Chandrakanth *Merlin * Kalabhavan Abi *Sreerekhaa *Illikkettu Nambhoothiri *

Santha Devi Damayanthi (1927 – 20 November 2010), better known by her stage name Kozhikode Santha Devi, was an Indian Malayalam film and stage actress. In a career spanning about sixty years, she acted in more than 1000 plays and about 480 films. Biog ...

*Saritha Balakrishnan *Joseph Paneagaden * Ronson Vincent

Soundtrack

The title song of the show was penned by

Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, popularly known as Kaithapram, is a Malayalam lyricist, poet, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, music therapist and performer of Carnatic music. He debuted with the movie Ennennum Kannettante in 19 ...

and composed by

Mohan Sithara Mohan Sithara (born 30 May 1959) is an Indian music composer. He received the Kerala State Film Award for the Best Music Director (2009) for the songs in Priyanandan's ''Soofi Paranja Kadha''. Since 1986 he has been an active musician in the Mal ...

. The song was sung by

Afsal Afsal Ismail is an Indian film singer in Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language, primarily spoken ...

and

Jyotsna Radhakrishnan Jyotsna Radhakrishnan (born 5 September 1986) is an Indian playback singer. She predominantly works in 12 languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She has sung more than 1000 songs. She is based in Thrissur, Kerala. Jyotsna ga ...

Adaptations

References

{{reflist Malayalam-language television shows 2002 Indian television series debuts Surya TV original programming Malayalam-language television series based on Tamil-language television series 2009 Indian television series endings