Mounaragam (Malayalam TV Series)

''Mounaragam'' (transl. ''Silent Symphony'') is a Malayalam-language Indian television soap opera that airs on Asianet and streams on JioHotstar in India It is a loose adaptation of the Telugu language serial ''Mouna Raagam'', which airs on Star Maa. It is one of the longest-running soap opera in Malayalam.

Plot summary

A mute, talented young woman, Kalyani, seeks her father's affection. She is drawn into the life of a wealthy boy, Kiran, who falls for her kind nature. Their love story is complicated by family feuds, misunderstandings, and a villainous cousin, Sarayu. Kalyani's journey is one of overcoming adversity, finding love, and proving her worth.

The story explores themes of gender discrimination, familial love, and the resilience of the human spirit. It delves into the complexities of family dynamics, the consequences of toxic masculinity, and the enduring bond between mother and child.

Cast

Main cast

* Aishwarya Ramsai as Kalyani Kiran: A mute girl and the daughter of Prakashan and Deepa, sister of Kadambari and Vikram, the wife of Kiran, and the mother of Kalyan.
* Naleef Gea as Kiran Chandrasenan: The son of Chandrasenan and Roopa, brother of Sonia, Sarayu's cousin and Kalyani's husband. Kiran is Kalyan's father and Sarayu's ex-fiancé.
* Darshana Das(2019-2020)(2022-present)/ Madhusri (2020) /Pratheeksha G Pradeep (2020-2022)as Sarayu: One of Manohar's wives, daughter of Rahul, and the foster daughter of Shari and biological daughter of Thara, cousin of Kiran and Sonia, and Kiran's ex-fiancée.

Recurring cast

* Balaji Sharma as Prakashan: Karthika, Kalyani, Kadambari and Vikram's father, Deepa and Lakshmi's ex-husband who hates girl childs.
* Saritha Balakrishnan (2019-2020)/ Beena Antony (2020–Present) as Shari Rahul: Rahul's wife, Sarayu's mother, Kiran and Soniya's aunt.
* Sethu Lakshmi as Bhanumathi: Prakashan's mother, Deepa and Lakshmi's mother-in-law, Karthika, Kalyani, Kadambari and Vikram's grandmother who early hates Kalyani.
* Anju Nair as Roopa: Kiran and Sonia's mother, Kalyani's mother-in-law, Rahul's sister and Sarayu's aunt; Chandrasenan's wife
* Firosh as Chandrasenan/CS: Roopa's husband, Kiran and Soni's father, MD of Sonyray group of companies.
* Padmini Jagadeesh (2019-2020)/ Sabitha Nair (2020–Present) as Deepa: Prakash's ex-wife, Kalyani, Vikram and Kadambari's mother
* Avani Nair (2019)/ Shwetha Mahalakshmi (2019-2023) / Rithika Krishna (2023-Present) as Sonia a.k.a. Soni: Kiran's younger sister, Vikram's ex-wife, Charu's mother, Albert's wife
* Sabu Varghese as Rahul: Kiran and Sonia's uncle, Sarayu's father and Roopa's brother and wants to separate Kiran and Kalyani and wants Kiran to marry Sarayu and inherit the wealth of Roopa
*Baby Janavi Suresh as Kalyan, Son of Kiran and Kalyani
Jelina p
as Parukkutty, Kiran's and Sonia's niece, daughter of DYSP Dineshan and supports Kalyani and wants Kiran to marry Kalyani
* Kalyan Khanna as Vikramadithyan a.k.a. Vikram: Kalyani and Kadambari's younger brother, Prakashan and Deepa's son and Sonia's ex-husband, Charu's father
* Arun Mohan as Ratheeshan: Kadambari's husband
*Anjusree Bhadran / Shari Krishnan as Kadambari Ratheesh: Kalyani and Vikram's elder sister and Ratheesh's wife
*Roshan Mathew John as Thara: Mute maid at Roopa's house, Rahul's illegitimate girlfriend, Sarayu's biological mother
*Aagneya /Natalia IshaSharma Charuletha:Soni and Albert's daughter
*Karthik Prasad as Baiju: A mentally challenged youth who dreams of marrying Kalyani. Later, he supports Kalyani.
*Jithu Venugopal as Manohar/Riyas/Victor/Rony, a fraud who married many women including Sarayu, Jumana and Nisha
*Kiran Dev as Albert (Alby): Soni's husband, Businessman
*___ as Chanthu, a local goon
*Mini Sreekumar as Yamini: Domestic help of Roopa
*Swathi Thara as Daisy: Sarayu's friend
*Sreekala as Bhargavi Amma: An old woman who offered Kalyani a job in her thattukada. Domestic help/Care taker of Kalyani and Sonia.
*Kottayam Rasheed as Dayanandan, Deepa's brother
*Jose K George as Xavier
*Asha Nair as Xavier's wife
*Thamburu as Linda: Kalyani's best friend
*Haridas as Dasan, Prakashan friend
*Baby Parthavi as Young Kalyani
*Thirumala Ramachandran as Balan, Prakashan's friend
*Reshma R Nair as Dona Kuriakose
**Manohar's girlfriend
*Aseena Yousuf as Kalyani's friend
* Dr. D Kris Venugopal as Kuriakose
** Leading businessman and best friend of CS
*Dayandan as CS's assistant
* Sarayu As Vrinda
** Neighbour of Kiran, Kalyan, Manohar & Sarayu
*Sruthisha Nair as Jumana, one of Manohar's wives
*Sreelakshmi Haridas as Dr. Swathi, Sony's friend who is pretending to love Vikram
*Amboori Jayan as advocate
*Niyas Musaliyar as Doctor Pious
*Ashraf as Dr. Thomas
*Suresh as Sanal
*Suresh Babu as Hari
*Kollam Shah as Rajappan
*Athira Madhav as Saranya
*Harisree Martin as Samuel
*Anjusha Gopi as Nisha
*Sariga S as Meghna
*Vishnu Nair as Adarsh
*Lakshmi Keerthana as Nayana
*Rajani Murali as Lakshmi, Prakashan's first wife
*Varsha Evaliya as Karthika Prakashan, Prakashan and Lakshmi's daughter
*Jishnu Vijayan as Vandana, Manohar's girlfriend
*Firosh Mohan as Gangaprasad, Karthika 's brother a local goon

Guest appearances

*Meera Vasudevan as Sumithra (episodes 145–147)
*Sai Kiran as Mohan Kumar (episodes 179–182)
*Gauri P. Krishnan as Anumol (episodes 179–182)
*Chef Suresh Pillai as Cookery show judge (Onam episode 2021)
*Shweta Menon as Herself (episodes 557–562)
* Sreethu Krishnan as Aleena (episodes 548–550)
*Noobin Johny as Pratheesh (episodes 548–550)
*Reshma Nair as Sanjana Pratheesh (episodes 548–550)
*Manisha Mahesh as Kanmani (episodes 548–550)

Adaptations

Reception

The TRP performance of ''Mounaragam'' according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) is as follows:

Crossover

Mounaragam had a crossover episode with ''Patharamattu'' from November 20 to November 24, 2023. The second crossover, a special Mahasangamam episode, aired on February 14, 2024, as a one-hour Valentine's Day special.

References

{{Reflist

Asianet (TV channel) original programming
Malayalam-language television shows
2019 Indian television series debuts
Malayalam-language television series based on Telugu-language television series