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, starring Munish Raja,

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and Akhila Raghavan. The series marks Munish Rajan's first small screen lead role since 2010.The show replaces Lakshmi Vandhachu and airs Monday to Friday from 27 November 2017 and 10 June 2019 at 6:30PM (

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Synopsis

It is a story that revolves around two brothers Dharmadurai (Munish Rajan) and Kalaiarasan (Pandi Kamal), Dharmadurai an uneducated blue-collar worker who works relentlessly to improve the financial status of his family but is not taken seriously by his loved ones and his brother Kalaiarasan, an educated professional who is loved and respected by everyone around him. The show unfolds as the two brothers are on a quest for love and companionship. The twist in the plot is when Mahalakshmi (Tejaswini Shekar) enters their lives. While Kalaiarasan and Mahalakshmi are engaged to be married, fate has other plans in place as Dharmadurai unknowingly comes in the way and this relationship comes to a bitter end.

Cast

Main

* Munish Raja as Dharmadurai - The main protagonist of the series. An uneducated blue-collar worker who works relentlessly to improve the financial status of his family. *

as Viji (Malar) - The love interest of Dharmadurai. She is a beautiful, brave and homely village girl who is the support for the protagonist, struggling hard to enrich their future. * Tejaswini Shekar (Episode: 1-201) / Nivisha (Episode: 202-277) / Akhila Raghavan (Episode: 294- present ) as Mahalakshmi (Mullu) - The main antagonist of the series. She is a beautiful but arrogant girl looking to marry the love of her life. But a sudden turn of events unintentionally caused by Dharmadurai marries her. So she begins to cause mayhem in the lives of Dharmadurai and Viji.

Supporting

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/ Narasimha Raja as Viji's father * Vijay as Viki * Pandi Kamal as Kalaiarasan *

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as Kanthiyamma (Dharmadurai's aunt) * Balambika as Periyanayaki (Dharmadurai's mother) * Janaki as Dharmadurai's sister in law * Sumangali as Maha's mother * Jayamani as Dharmadurai's father * Nethran as Arivalakan * Nivedhita Pankaj as Gayathri

Title

This title was taken from a 1978

Mullum Malarum ''Mullum Malarum'' (; ) is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Mahendran. Produced by Venu Chettiar and V. Mohan, the film stars Rajinikanth, Sarath Babu, Jayalaxmi and Shoba. It marks Mahendran's directoria ...

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Sarath Babu Sathyam Babu Dixithulu (31 July 1951 – 22 May 2023), known by his stage name Sarath Babu, was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Tamil and Telugu cinema. He appeared in more than 300 films, including in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and ...

Fatafat Jayalaxmi Neerajakshi Reddy better known as Fatafat Jayalakshmi (1 November 1958 – 21 November 1980), was an Indian actress active mainly in Tamil and Telugu films. In Malayalam movies she was known as Supriya. She acted about 66 movies in Tamil, Telug ...

and

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. The English meaning of this title is ''The thorn and the flower''.

References

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* {{Zee Tamil shows Zee Tamil original programming Tamil-language romantic comedy television series Tamil-language melodrama television series 2017 Tamil-language television series debuts Tamil-language television shows 2019 Tamil-language television series endings Television shows set in Tamil Nadu