Kalyana Parisu (TV series)
Kalyana Parisu (transl. Wedding gift) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that airs on Sun TV. It is 2nd longest running Tamil soap opera with 1840 episodes. This show is produced by Vision Time India Pvt Ltd and directed by Harish Adhitya. It premiered on 10 February 2014 and ended on 27 March 2020 for 1840 episodes. [1][2]
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Written by | Vision Time Team Dialogues by Joegeorge P.A. Raghavan P.R. Dhakshina Moorthy |
| Screenplay by | Kumaresan |
| Directed by |
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| Creative director | R. Usha Kumar |
| Starring | (Season- 1) Neha Gowda Eshwar Shruthi Shanmuga Priya Sridevi Ashok (Season-2) Srithika Arnav Keerthi Jai Dhanush Kamal Swathi Reddy |
| Theme music composer | C. Sathya |
| Opening theme | "Kalyana Parisu" Rita (vocals) Vairamuthu (lyrics) |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 1840 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Vaidehi Ramamurthy |
| Cinematography | S.Gunasekar E.Manikandan M.Raja Murugesan |
| Editors | M.S.Thiyagarajan Manikandan Ravi M.N.Perumal G.Pandi Durai G. Sakthi Vel |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 21-25 minutes per episode |
| Production company | Vision Time India Pvt Ltd |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sun TV |
| Original release | 10 February 2014 – 27 March 2020 |
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The first season focused on Gayathri, Subbulakshmi and Surya, who were married.[3][4] The second season premiered on 10 September 2018 and ended on 27 March 2020 for 1840 episodes. The second season sequel and next generation story of Kalyana Parisu 1 reflect the lives of Vidhya and Ashok (son of Gayathri).
Series overview
| Season | No. of episodes | Originally broadcast (India) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series premiere | Series finale | |||
| 1 | 1381 | 10 February 2014 | 8 September 2018 | |
| 2 | 459 | 10 September 2018 | 27 March 2020 | |
Plot
- Season 1
This season is a family and triangular love story. Gayathri (B.R Neha), (Shruthi) and Renuka (Akila) are good friends, but their friendship does not last long. Surya (Eshwar Raghunathan) is married to both Subbulakshmi and Gayathri, due to unexpected circumstances. How life turns chaotic for all three is the story.[5]
- Season 2
This season is a village family romance revenge story. Vidya (Srithika) strives to take care of her family while working at Ashok (Arnav)'s home. Though she is in love with her childhood friend Ashok, he does not understand Vidya and his stepmother Subbulakshmi (Vanitha Krishnachandran)'s feelings and wants to marry Shwetha (Keerthi Jai Dhanush) who falls in love with him. Later he marries Vidya due to unexpected circumstances. How Ashok and Vidhya live together is the story.
Cast
Season 1 (2014–2018)
- Main cast
- Neha Gowda as Gayathri Surya (Surya's 1st wife)
- Sridevi Ashok / Sruthi Shanmugha Priya as Subbulakshmi Surya (Surya's 2nd wife)
- Eshwar Raghunathan as Surya Dharmalingam(Gayathri and Subbulakshmi's husband)
- Master Bidami Shah as Ashok Surya (Gayathri's son) and Gautham Surya (Subbulakshmi' son) (Dual Roles)
- Additional cast
- Sadhana as Gomathy Dharmalingam (Surya's mother;Died in serial)
- Andrews Jesudoss as Dharmalingam (Surya's father)
- R.Poongkodi as Vanitha Azhaguraja (Surya's sister)
- Guhan Shanmugam as Azhaguraja (Vanitha's husband)
- Akila Raghavan as Renuka Suresh (Gayathri and Subbulakshmi's friend)
- Gajesh as Dhandapany (Renuka's assistant)
- Ravi Varma as Suresh (Renuka's husband)
- Narasimha Raju as Annamalai (Gayathri's father)
- Dharini as Lakshmi Annamalai (Gayathri's mother)
- Gokul as Selvam (Subbu's elder brother)
- Sri Kala Parmasivam as Rani Selvam(Selvam's wife)
- Sudha as Suresh's mother
- Anuradha as Rajalakshmi (Prasad's aunt)
- Sathyapriya as Thirupurasundari Rajamanickam (Dharmalingam's sister, Mallika's mother)
- Bombay Babu as Rajamanickam (Thirupurasundari's husband, Mallika's father)
- Former cast
- M. Amulaya as Renukha Suresh (Replaced by Akila Raghavan)
- Arun Kumar Rajan as Gowtham Dharmalingam (Surya's brother;died in serial)
- Sai Swetha as Vaishali
- --- as Ramana
- --- as Gurukkal (Temple priest, died in the serial)
- Lakshmi Narayanan as Gowri
- Krish as Rajadurai (Vaishali's husband, died in the serial)
- Krithika as Sandhya (died in the serial)
- Sreeja as Anbarasi Prasad
- Pollachi Babu as Anbarasi's brother
- Sangeetha Shetty as Tara
- Manush Manhmohan as Prasad
- B. Jayalakshmi as Angala Parameshwari
- --- as Vasanth (Anbarasi's former lover, died in the serial)
- Jeyamani as Rangarajan, Mutaiyah's father (died in the serial)
- Srilatha as Paravathi Rangarajan(Muthaiyah's mother)
- Deepa Nethran as Sathish's mother
- Sunitha as Abhinaya (Abhi), Muthiya's sister
- Kalaranjini as Gajalakshmi
- Bhavani as Lakshmi Annamalai (Replaced by Dharini)
- Nalini as Hostel Warden
Season 2 (2018–2020)
- Main cast
- Srithika as Vidhya Ashok (Arjun and Lakshmi's first daughter)
- Arnav as Ashok Surya (Surya and Gayathri's son) and Gowtham Surya @ Rocky (Surya and Subbulaksmi's son)
- Keerthi Jai Dhanush as Swetha Arjun (Arjun and Shyamala Devi's daughter)
- Recurring Cast
- Swathi Reddy as Kalyani Vetrimaran (Vidhya's sister, Arjun and Lakshmi's middle daughter)
- Pandi Kamal as Vetrimaran Ramanathan (Kalyani's husband, Vishalakshi and Ramanathan's son)
- R.Poongkodi as Dharani Azhaguraja (Vanitha and Azhaguraja's daughter)
- Sumangali as Vishalakshi Ramanathan (Vetrimaran's mother)
- as Mani (Vishalakshi's elder brother, Vetrimaran's uncle)
- "Metti Oli" Shanthi as Lakshmi Arjun (Vidhya's, Kalyani's & Vasuki's mother)
- Sathish as Arjun (Vidya, Vasuki, Kalyani and Swetha's father, Lakshmi and Shyamala's husband)
- Shilpa as Shyamala Devi Arjun (Swetha's mother)
- Nivedhitha Pankaj as Vasuki (Vidhya's younger sister, Arjun and Lakshmi's youngest daughter)
- Sai Gopi as Sundaram (Lakshmi's brother; Saravanan's father)
- "Bhandham" Saval Ram as Suruli (Sundaram's assistant)
- Suruli as Swami (Shyamala's assistant)
- "Ahalya" Mali as Nathuram Settu (Poonam and Malini's father)
- Karthick as Saravanan Sundaram (Geetha's husband, Sundaram and Karpagam's son)
- Asritha Kingini as Geetha Saravanan (Saravanan's wife, Mallika and Ramachandran's daughter)
- Chandrasekharan as Naidu (Rocky's adoptive uncle)
- Karthick Raj as Mugundhan
Former cast
- Neha Gowda as Thayamma @ Gayathri Surya (Surya's 1st wife, Ashok's mother) (Replaced by Gayathri Devi)
- Shruthi Shanmugam Priya as Subbulakshmi Surya (Surya's 2nd wife, Ashok's step-mother and Gautham's mother) (Replaced by Vanitha Krishnachandran)
- Eshwar Raghunathan as Surya Dharmalingam (Gayathri and Subbulakshmi's husband, Ashok and Gautham's father, Died in serial)
- Sadhana as Gomathy Dharmalingam (Surya's mother, Ashok and Gautham's grandmother, Died in serial)
- R.Poongkodi as Vanitha Azhaguraja (Surya's sister, Dharani's mother Died in serial)
- Guhan Shanmugam as Azhaguraja (Dharani's father)
- Saithra Gruthika as Kalyani (Vidhya's sister) (Replaced by Swathi Reddy)
- --- as Valli (Swetha's spy)
- ---- as Poonam (died in serial)
- ---- as Vimal (Poonam's fiancé)
- Sathyapriya as Thirupurasundari Rajamanickam (Dharmalingam's sister and Mallika's mother)
- Ranjini Pradeep as Malini (Poonam's elder sister, Died in serial)
- C. Ranganathan as Ramanathan (Vetrimaran's father, Died in serial)
- Gayathri Devi as Gayathri Surya @Thayamma (Surya's 1st wife, Ashok's mother and Gautham's step mother)
- Vanitha Krishnachandran as Subbulaksmi Surya (Surya's 2nd wife, Gautham's mother And Ashok's step mother)
- Androos Jesudas as Dharmalingam (Surya's father, Ashok and Gautham's grandfather)
- Ravikanth as Dhandapaany (Thayamma's assistant)
- Vinod as Ranjith (Geetha's Ex fiancée)
- Issac Varkees as Ramachandran (Mallika's husband, Geetha's father)
- Mona Bedre as Mallika Ramachandran (Thirupurasundari and Rajamanickam's daughter)
- Priya as Karpagam Sundaram (Saravanan's mother)
- Kavya Varshini as Valli (Saravanan's elder sister)
- Birla Bose as Valli's husband
Casting
- Season 1
Season 1 is a family story produced by Vision Time Pvt Ltd which airs on Sun TV. Kannada TV actress Neha Gowda was selected to portray the lead role of Gayathri. Sridevi was chosen after her great performances in many shows on Tamil television. Later Sruthi Shanmuga Priya replaced the role of Subbulakshmi in Episode 1080. Amulaya makes her debut in Tamil serials as Renukha. Later Akila replaced the role of Renukha in Episode 440. Eshwar was selected to portray the lead role of Surya. Sreeja of Bommalattam serial fame was selected to portray the main role of Anbarasi in Episode 1198. Other supporting cast members include Sadhana, Narasimha Raju, Anuradha, Sudha, Kalaranjini and Bhavani
- Season 2
Season 2 is a village family romance revenge story. Srithika was selected to portray the new lead role of Vidhya, who is known for the serials Nadhaswaram and Kula Deivam. Arnav was chosen due to his performance in Sakthi and Keladi Kanmani. Other supporting cast members include Vanitha Krishnachandran, Shanthi, Sathyapriya, Androos Jesudas, Birla Bose and C. Ranganathan.
Production
The series was directed by R.Nandhakumar, A.Ramachandran, A.P.Rajendhiran, P.Selvam and Ponnai G.G.Madhan. It was produced by Vision Time, along with the production crew of 2007–2019.
- Editors: M.S.Thiyagarajan, Manikandan Ravi, M.N.Perumal, G. Sakthi Vel
- Cinematography: S.Gunasekar, E.Manikandan, M.Raja
- Producer: Vaidehi Ramamurthy
- Dialogues: Joegeorge, Pa.Raghavan, P.R.Dhakshina Moorthy
Soundtrack
The title song was written by lyricist Vairamuthu, composed C. Sathya and sung by Rita. The song was released on 10 February 2014 on Sun TV and on Vision Time's official YouTube channel on 8 August 2014.[6]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Kalyana Parisu (கல்யாண பரிசு) Title Song" | Vairamuthu | C. Sathya | Rita | 3:20 |
| 2. | "Nattu Vassa Poo Sediyai (நட்டு வச்ச பூ செடியை)" | 1:20 | |||
| 3. | "Ivan Thana (இவன் தானா)" | 3:50 |
Ratings
Kalyana Parisu attracted high and low viewership ratings in India during its broadcast in 2014. It started with positive reviews and a good TRP rating, but then gained critical reviews and a low rating. The show's official YouTube channel has 20000+ - 2 lakhs views for all the episodes combined as of August 2017.[7]
| Year | Episodes | Broadcast date | BARC ratings (Tamil Nadu + Puducherry) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide (Tamil Nadu + Puducherry) | YouTube viewers (worldwide) | |||
| 2014 | 1 - 100 | 10 February 2014 – 7 June 2014 | 9% - 11% (per episode) | 20000+ per episode |
| 2014 | 101 - 200 | 7 June 2014 – 8 October 2014 | 8% - 11% (per episode) | 20000+ per episode |
| 2014 - 2015 | 201 - 300 | 10 October 2014 – 10 February 2015 | 16% - 18% (per episode) | 50000+ per episode |
| 2015 | 301 - 400 | 11 February 2015 – 9 June 2015 | 15% - 17% (per episode) | 30000+ per episode |
| 2015 | 401 - 500 | 10 June 2015 – 7 October 2015 | 8% - 10% (per episode) | 20000 + per episode |
| 2015 - 2016 | 501 - 600 | 8 October 2015 – 10 February 2016 | 4% - 6% (per episode) | 25000 + per episode |
| 2016 | 601 - 700 | 11 February 2016 – 7 June 2016 | 6% - 8% (per episode) | 20000 + per episode |
| 2016 | 701 - 800 | 8 June 2016 – 4 October 2016 | 11% - 13% (per episode) | 50000 + per episode |
| 2016 - 2017 | 801 - 900 | 5 October 2016 – 4 February 2017 | 3% - 5% (per episode) | 55000 + per episode |
| 2017 | 901 - 1000 | 6 February 2017 – 2 June 2017 | 2% - 4% (per episode) | 65000 + per episode |
| 2017 | 1001 - 1080 | 3 June 2017 – 6 September 2017 | 4% - 6% (per episode) | 100000 + per episode |
| 2017 to 2018 | 1081-1199 | 7 September 2017 to 3 February 2018 | 4% - 5% | 120000 + per episode |
| 2018 | 1200-1381 | 5 February 2018 - 8 September 2018 | 2%-4% | 125800 + per episode |
| 2018-2020 | 1382-1789 | 10 September 2018 – 25 January 2020 | 3.85 - 6.7% | 360000 + per episode |
International broadcast
- The Series was released on 10 February 2014 on Sun TV, the series also airs on Sun TV HD.
- The show's episodes are released on YouTube channel VisionTimeTamil after original telecast.
- It airs in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV and Sun TV HD.
- The drama is episodes on their app Sun Nxt[8]
- It is also available via the internet protocol television service Lebara Play, Lyca TV and YuppTV.
References
- "Tamil show Kalyana Parisu season 2 goes off-air". The Times of India.
- "Kalyana Parisu 2 goes off-air; Actress Srithika Sri thanks fans for the love - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- "Kalyana Parisu serial on Sun TV". tamil.filmibeat.com.
- "Kalyana Parisu serials team on Super Challenge". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- "Kalyana Parisu Serial Official Page". sunnetwork.in.
- "Kalyana Parisu Tamil Serial- Title Song". VisionTimeTamil Youtube.
- "Kalyana Parisu serial 2 lakhs viewer". VisionTimeTamil.
- "With Sun NXT, Sun TV Network steps foot in the burgeoning digital streaming space of India". thetechportal.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
External links
- Official website (in English)