Karthika Deepam (Malayalam TV series)

The story revolves around Karthika (Chandran) who is adopted by Kannan (Krishnan) and Pavithra (Amrita).[7] Kannan is a hardworking farmer who aspires to see his brother Unni (Roshan Ullas)[8] become a medical doctor. Unni is betrothed to Karthika before he moves to Banglore for his studies. After completing his studies, Unni returns home a changed person. He is no longer interested in Karthika and objects to their pending marriage. Kannan insists that Unni must marry Karthika. Unni instead falls for Vijitha (Jismy).

Vijitha is the daughter of Unni and Kannan's evil-minded uncle, Kallamasheri Karunan (Kottayam Rasheed) and Sudha (Vijayalakshmi). She is very rich and lures Unni by first giving him a car, and later has a hospital constructed for him, where Unni is the chief doctor. Unni's mother Kanaka (Sreekala Sasidharan), is impressed by the Karunan's lavish lifestyle, and supports Unni and Vijitha's marriage. Karunan has Kannan arrested and jailed for having ganja (marijuana) on him. This leaves Karunan free to arrange Unni and Vijitha's marriage.

Meanwhile, Arun (Gopan), a village officer, falls for Karthika. She is not interested in Arun, and frequently turns down his proposals of a happy married life with her. Vijitha starts to harass Karthika and Pavithra. She arranges for the local bank to seize Kannan and Pavithra's home, Madhillakam, and then buys the property and assumes absolute control of the house.

Vijitha is then surprised when Deepan Akhil Anand,[9] her boyfriend, comes from jail. He had been blamed for the murder of a girl Vijitha had accidentally killed after becoming jealous of her for being close to Deepan. Before going to jail. Deepan had threatened Vijitha to wait for him to return or he would kill her and her parents. Vijitha lies to Deepan and says she waited. She then plays a cat-and-mouse game with Unni and Deepan. Karthika discovers that Vijitha is cheating on Unni, while Deepan realizes Vijitha and Unni are married after seeing a marriage photo of them in a studio.

Karunan and Sudha encourage Vijitha to become pregnant by Unni in order to capture all of his attention. When she is unable to, Vijitha visits Dr. Nirmala, who suggests Unni is the cause of the couples' infertility. Vijitha asks Dr. Nirmala not to tell Unni, and Nirmala agrees. Vijitha further manipulates Unni by leading him to believe Pavithra and Pappan (Giridhar), Kannan's friend, are having an extra-marital affair.

Pavithra's situation gets worse by the, and she eventually leaves Madhillakam with her daughter and Karthika. She is coldly welcomed by her brother and sister-in-law, who force her to work as a maid. Karthika is also forced to work as a maid, not knowing that it is Arun's home. Arun's sister-in-law overhears Arun and Karthika talking to each other on the phone, and assumes they are having an affair. Eventually, Karthika leaves the job. Pavithra's brother then lures Karthika to a hotel with the promise of a better job. Pavitra learns of the ruse and informs Arun, who rescues Karthika and finally marries her. He leaves his household and takes Karthika, Pavithra, and Pavithra's daughter to a new home.

Meanwhile, Pavitra starts a new hotel and lives happily. Deepan, who is released from jail vows to take revenge on Unni. Deepan pretends to love Vijitha. Vijitha becomes pregnant with Deepan's child but tells everyone that the child she is pregnant with is Unni's.

• Snisha Chandran as Karthika /Karthu[10]
  • Adopted daughter of Kannan and Pavithra
• Yadhukrishnan as Kannan[11]
  • Kanaka's elder son, Karthika's foster father and Pavithra's husband
• Vivek Gopan as Arun[12]
  • Karthika's lover
• Amrutha as Pavithra
  • Kannan's wife and Karthika's foster mother
• Akhil Anand as Deepan
  • Vijitha's ex- boyfriend
• Giridhar as Pappan, Kannan's friend
• Sreekala as Kanaka
  • Kannan and Unni's mother
• Kottayam Rasheed as Karunan
  • Kanaka's brother
• Roshan Ullas as Dr.Unnikrishnan/Unni
  • Kanaka's younger son
• Jismy as Vijitha Unnikrishnan
  • Karunan's daughter and Unni's wife
• Vijayakumari as Sudha
  • Karunan's wife and Vijitha's mother
• ____ as Nandana
  • Daughter of Pavithra and Kannan
• Haridas Varkala
• Deepika Mohan
  • Arun's mother
• Rafi
  • Arun's brother
• Divya Yesodharan as Manju
  • Arun's sister in law
• Reshmi Soman as Devanandha
  • Arun's appachi
• Sumi Santhosh

The Series was released on 15 July 2020 on Zee Keralam at 8:00 PM IST on Monday to Saturday replacing Kabani. The drama has episodes on their app, ZEE5.

Karthika Deepam on ZEE5