Run is a 2019–20
Tamil-language
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thriller drama series directed by K. Rajeev Prasad is a remake of Turkish Serial “Black Money love” on
Sun TV. It stars
Krishna Raghunandan and
Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj (later replaced by
Chaya Singh
Chaya Singh is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Kannada films and television shows. She started her acting career in Kannada films and has worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She has a reputati ...
). It premiered on 5 August 2019 and ended on 31 March 2020 for 197 episodes due to the coronavirus pandemic. This serial is retelecasting from 9 September 2024 onwards at 09:30PM on
Kalaignar TV
Kalaignar TV is a Tamil-language general entertainment pay television channel based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The channel was launched on 15 September 2007 as Kalaignar, and is named after former Chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidh ...
.
Synopsis
Run is a thriller drama on Sun TV. The story is about Shakthi (Krishna Raghunandan), faces enemies in his life.
Divya (Sharanya Turadi / Chaya Singh) returns from her abroad education and takes up the rein of her father's nursing home. She adores her father and is devastated to find him in a financial crisis. Shakthi (Krishna Raghunandan), an employee of an automobile company lives with his sister's family, who mean the world to him. He is engaged to Caroline (Navya Swamy), the love of his life. Unfortunately, Divya's father (Nizhalagal Ravi) and Sakthi (Krishna Raghunandan)'s fiancée go missing on the same day and later found dead. Watch how Divya (Sharanya Turadi / Chaya Singh)and Shakthi (Krishna Raghunandan)'s common motive and probe to unravel the mysterious deaths, bring their hearts closer. Divya (Sharanya Turadi / Chaya Singh), a hard-working and smart woman from a rich family, realises that her father is facing problems. A series of events leads her to Shakthi (Krishna Raghunandan), who is straightforward and despises affluent people.
Cast
Main
*
Krishna Raghunandan as Shakthivel
*
Sharanya Turadi Sundarraj (2019) as Divya
**
Chaya Singh
Chaya Singh is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Kannada films and television shows. She started her acting career in Kannada films and has worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She has a reputati ...
(2019-2020) as Divya Shaktivel
* Vijjith as Rudramoorthy "Rudran" (Selvanayagam's henchman)(Main Antagonist)
Supporting
*
Nizhalgal Ravi
Ravichandran Samanna (born 16 April 1956), known professionally as Nizhalgal Ravi, is an Indian film, television and voice actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He has also performed in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films and television series. ...
as Dr. Radhakrishnan "RK": Father of Shalini, Divya and Ramya.
* Pramodini Pammi as Gayathri Radhakrishnan: Mother of Shalini, Divya and Ramya
*
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 Prabhu, Shakthi's Best Friend
* Rindhya as Shalini Sekhar: Elder sister of Divya and Ramya
* Mythili Raju → Vaishnavi as Ramya Rudramoorthy: Younger sister of Shalini and Divya
* Shyam Sundar as Chandrasekhar "Sekhar": Shalini's Husband
*
Sindhu Shyam
Sindhu Shyam is an Indian film and television actress, and a Bharathanatyam dancer. She made her acting debut through the Malayalam film Bhoothakkannadi directed by A. K. Lohithadas. Her role as Thilagavathi in Deivamagal increased her fame ...
as Meenakumari (Antagonist)
* Ashwin Karthik as Vikraman "Vikram" Senthilkumar: Meenakumari's brother-in-law (Antagonist)
*
Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor (; born as Shrishti Nath Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most influen ...
as Selvanayagam: Gayathri's brother-in-law and Meenakumari's henchman
*
Sathyapriya
Sathyapriya (born Sathyavathi; 4 March 1953) is an Indian actress who predominately works in Tamil and Kannada films along with few Telugu and Malayalam films.
Career
Some of her films are ''Pudhea Paadhai'' (1989), ''Chinna Gounder'' (1992), ...
as RK's aunt and Divya's grandmother
* Sri Durga as Lokeshwari Chandran aka Logu: Shakthi's elder sister
* Srikrishna Kaushik as Chandran: Shakthi's brother in law
* Navya Swamy as Caroline: Shakthi's lover (Deceased, killed by Vikram)
* Kurinji Nathan as Christopher: Caroline's elder brother
* Durga Deepthi as Nancy Christopher: Christopher's wife
* Babitha as Caroline's mother
* Mithuna as Jessy: Caroline's younger sister
* Vijayachandrika as Meenakumari's mother
*
Reena as Chandran's mother
* VJ Sasikala Nagarajan as Priya: Divya's colleague
* Rafi Ullah as Siju: Rudran's assistant
* Tharsika as Rohini: Shakthi and Prabhu's friend
* Vishwanathan as Prabhu's fake brother
*Archana VJ as Prabhu's fake sister
*
K. S. G. Venkatesh as Shakthi's Car company owner
*
Yaar Kannan
Yaar Kannan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has worked on Tamil films. He made his debut with the 1985 with the horror film '' Yaar?'' and regularly collaborated with Ramarajan in the late 1980s.
Career
After assisting Mahen ...
Production
This Tamil drama is produced with a cinematic tone, making it different from other usual Tamil dramas.
Some of the initial scenes were shot in
Hong Kong
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.
Besides some were also shot in
Chennai
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,
Alleppey
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and some parts of North India.
Initially,
Vani Bhojan
Vani Bhojan (born 28 October 1988) is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Tamil cinema, Tamil films. She made her Telugu film debut with ''Meeku Maathrame Cheptha'' in 2019 and her Tamil film debut with ''Oh My Kadavule'' in 2020.
...
was chosen to play female leads but she declined. Later,
Sharanyaa Turadi Sundar Raj played Divya. In November 2019, Sundar Raj quit and was replaced by
Chaya Singh
Chaya Singh is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Kannada films and television shows. She started her acting career in Kannada films and has worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She has a reputati ...
.
Dubbed version
This series is dubbed into
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India
** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language.
* Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...
as Run in
ETV Telugu
ETV is an Indian Telugu-language general entertainment pay television channel. The channel was launched on 27 August 1995 focusing on the state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a part of the ETV Network owned by Ramoji Group. It is the second-oldest T ...
and started telecast from 5 April 2021.
References
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