''Nala Damayanthi'' is an Indian-

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starring

Priyanka Nalkari Priyanka Nalkari (born April 29, 1994) is an Indian actress and anchor who works in Tamil and Telugu television and films. She is best known for playing the title role in Sun TV's show '' Roja'' (2018–2022). Career Priyanka is an Indian ...

and Nandha. The show revolves around Dhamayanthi, a small-town girl who falls in love with a city rich boy Nalan. It premiered on

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from 9 October 2023 and ended on 25 May 2024 with 196 Episodes. This series was launched along with '' Sandhya Raagam''.

Cast

Main

as Damayanthi * Nandha as Nalan * Sreenithi as Anjali (2024)

Recurring

Vinodhini Vaidyanathan Vinodhini Vaidyanathan is an Indian actress and writer who has mainly worked in Tamil cinema and theatre. She made her debut in A. R. Murugadoss's ''Engaeyum Eppothum'' portraying Ananya's sister. She is best known for her performances in O ...

as Annapurani: Dhamayanthi's mother. * Ravi Shankar as Ramprasad: Nalan’s father *

Sabitha Anand Sabitha Anand is an Indian actress who has performed in Tamil and Malayalam movies and serials. She was one of the lead actresses in the 1980s. She is the daughter of J. A. R. Anand, an Indian actor in Malayalam movies during the 1960s and 70 ...

as Parvathy *

Ashwanth Thilak Ashwanth Thilak is an Indian television actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films and television serials. Career The son of dance choreographer Seenu, Ashwanth Thilak studies for a career in hotel management before entering the film indu ...

as AGR * Priya as Nayaki * Mohan Vaidya * Tharun Appasamy as Varun: Damayanti's younger brother and Preeti's love interest * Prabhakaran as Aadhavan * Sandhya Dhaiyan as Preeti: Nalan's younger sister and Varun's love interest

Guest appearances

Riya Vishwanathan Riya Vishwanathan is an Indian television actress. She has made her acting debut with 2020 soap opera '' Raja Rani'' where she replaced Alya Manasa and played the lead role Sandhya from January 2022. But she suddenly quit the series in February ...

as Riya (Episode: 1) * Sivakumar as Aiya (Episode: 1)

Production

Casting

was cast as the female lead Damayanthi. In May 2024 actress Sreenidhi was introduced as a new female lead, Anjali, for a new story line with Nalan. Nandha was cast as the male lead Nalan. He had previously been a cast member on ''Kanne Kalaimaane'', which he left in order to film ''Nala Damayanthi''. In January 2024, actor Puvi Arasu was cast as Kamesh.

Release

The first promo was released on 13 September 2023, featuring

and revealing the title name. The second promo was unveiled on 24 September 2023, featuring Nandha revealing story. The third promo was unveiled on 28 September 2023, featuring protagonist Nalkari, Nandha and

Ramya Krishnan Ramya Krishnan (born 15 September 1970), also credited as Ramya Krishna, is an Indian actress predominantly known for her work in Telugu and Tamil films, along with appearances in Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films. Early life Ramya was born ...

and revealing the release date. The show started airing on

on 9 October 2023, replacing ''

Peranbu ''Peranbu'' (; released internationally as ''Resurrection''), is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Ram and produced by P. L. Thenappan under Shree Rajalakshmi Films. It stars Mammootty, and Anjali. The film's sco ...

'' time slot.

Promotion

Zee Tamil was promoted their new two fictions '' Sandhya Raagam'' and including this series by making advertisement with Krishnan as God Amman and this promo released on 28 September 2023.

Reception

The show got a TVR of 3.09 on launching week on 9 October 2023.

Adaptations

References

External links

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