Metti Oli

Metti Oli (transl. Sound of the toe ring) is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on weekdays on Sun TV for 811 episodes.[1] The show starred Delhi Kumar, Kaveri, Gayathri, Vanaja, Uma, Chetan, Bose Venkat, Neelima Rani, Thirumurugan, Shanti Williams and Deepa Venkat. It was produced by Cine Times Entertainment S. Siddique, written and directed by Thirumurugan.

Metti Oli
GenreSoap opera
Written byStory:
M. Thirumurugan
Screenplay:
C. U. Muthuselvan
Dialogues:
Baskar Sakthi
Directed byThirumurugan
Creative directorThirumurugan
Starring
Theme music composerDhina
Opening theme"Ammi Ammi Ammi Mithithu"
ComposerSanjeev Rathan
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes811
Production
ProducersS. Siddique, Raja Kaveri, Mani
CinematographySevilo Raja
Sarath K.Chandran
EditorM. Jaya Kumar
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapprox. 34-37 minutes
Production companyCine Times Entertainment
Release
Original networkSun TV
Original release8 April 2002 (2002-04-08) –
14 October 2005 (2005-10-14)
Chronology
Related showsMettala Savvadi
Shubh Vivah
Mangalya
Minnukettu
Akshintalu

Plot

The entire plot of Metti Oli is about the daily happenings of Chidambaram's five daughters. The father is patient and remains calm in any circumstances. He is often troubled by Rajam quoting the activities of Saroja, his second daughter.

Chidambaram is a respected land broker. He was a widower and raised his five daughters alone. Chidambaram has taken extra care in raising their girls as disciplined daughters who are very innocent and caring.

During the last episodes of the serial, Chidambaram dies in a road accident when he was walking on the road, feeling depressed. However, the serial finally ends happily, as the family reunites.

Cast

Main
  • Delhi Kumar as Chidambaram, a land-broker
  • Kaveri as Dhanalakshmi "Dhanam", Chidambaram's eldest daughter and Bose's niece and wife
  • Gayathri Shastry as Saroja "Saro", Chidambaram's second daughter, Manikam's wife, and Natarajan's mother[2]
  • Vanaja as Leelavathy "Leela", Chidambaram's third daughter and Ravi's wife
  • Uma Maheshwari as Vijayalakshmi "Viji/Vijaya", Chidambaram's fourth daughter, Gopi's wife, a nurse
  • Revathi Priya as Bhavani, Chidambaram's youngest daughter, a professor in Singapore
  • Bose Venkat as Bose, brother of Chidambaram's wife, husband of Dhanalakshmi, once owned a soda factory, became a land-broker
  • Chetan as Manikkam, Saroja's husband
  • Rajkanth as Ravichandran "Ravi", Leelavathy's husband, and Sumathy's ex-husband
  • M. Thirumurugan as Gopikrishnan "Gopi", Vijayalakshmi's husband, he works in a sewing company.

Recurring
  • Shanti as Rajam, mother of Manikkam, Selvam and Nirmala
  • Vishwa as Selvam ,Rajam second son, Manikam and Nirmala brother
  • Shanmugasundari as Kamatchi (House owner patti)
  • Rindhya/Aruna Devi as Nirmala, Rajam's sole daughter, Santhosh's ex-wife
  • V. Thiruselvam as Gnanaraj (Santosh), ex-husband of Nirmala
  • Vinay as Ramesh, son of former boss of Manikkam
  • Krithika as Arundhathi, ex-wife of Selvam
  • Sanjeev as Ilango
  • Neelima Rani as Sakthi
  • Sindhu as Sarala, Manikkam's former mistress
  • Ramachandran as Ramachandran, Sarala's husband
  • Auditor Sridhar as Sundaram, Saro's uncle
  • V. C. Jeyamani as Ravi's father
  • Deepa Venkat as Priya
  • Gayathri Priya as Sumathi, Ravi's first wife
  • Vietnam Veedu Sundaram as Kathiresan, Gopi's father
  • Y. V. Subramaniam as Sumathi's father
  • Rangathurai as Gopi elder brother-in-law
  • Vijaya Raj as Gopi younger brother-in-law
  • Latha Rao as Kavitha, Gopi's younger sister
  • Karna as Kumar, Gopi's brother
  • Sai Madhavi as Narmadha, Saro and Manikkam's neighbour, Meena's sister. Her mother runs Mess
  • Deepa Shankar as Meena, Saro and Manikkam's neighbour, Narmadha's sister. Her mother runs Mess
  • Varshini as Malliga, Narmadha and Meena's younger sister
  • Rani as Ramya, Saro and Manickam's neighbour
  • Ashok as Radha's husband
  • Aranthangi Shankar as a bank manager
  • B. Murali as Ramesh's friend
  • Soodhu Kavvum Sivakumar as Leela's colleague
  • Vikranth as Ravi's friend

Production

Filming

The series was filmed in Chennai, Gerugambakkam, Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. However, it was also shot in foreign locations such as Singapore, Malaysia and New York City.

Soundtrack

[3][4]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Ammi Ammi Ammi Mithithu
அம்மி அம்மி அம்மி மிதித்து"		VairamuthuDhinaNithyasree Mahadevan, Master. D. Kiran3:34
2."Manase Manase
மனசே மனசே"		EknathSanjeev RathanS. P. Balasubrahmanyam6:13

Remakes

The series has been remade into in Kannada language as Mangalya on Udaya, Malayalam language as Minnukettu on Surya, Hindi language as Shubh Vivah on Sony tv, Telugu language as Akshantalu on Gemini TV and in Bengali language as Konyadaan on Sun Bangla.[5] But the story lines change in all four language into different stories and all had a different climax. While the Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam versions were successful, Hindi version Shubh Vivah did not garner expected ratings and was pulled off air within 4 months considering its low ratings.[5][6]

CountryLanguageChannelShow NameAired (Date)Notes
IndiaKannada languageUdaya TVMangalya[7]
Malayalam languageSurya TVMinnukettuseptember 16, 2004 - January 2, 2009It was the first serial to air about 1000+ episodes on Surya TV and in Malayalam also.(Number of episodes -1345)[7]
Hindi languageSony tvShubh Vivah27 February 2012 – 29 June 2012[8][9]
Telugu languageGemini TVAkshintalu[10]14 April 2014 - 1 August 2014Besides Akshantalu, it was also dubbed in Telugu language as Mettala Savvadi aired same channel.
Bengali languageSun BanglaKonyadaan7 December 2020 - Present

Reception

Awards

The Metti Oli team won several awards, including the Kalaimamani from the Tamil Nadu State Government.[11]

Ratings

Metti Oli was one of the highest-rated Indian and Tamil soap opera in its run time which garnered ratings ranging between 23 and 26 TVR.[12] It garnered a peak rating of 48.3 points overall in its runtime.[13] The final episode garnered 40 TVR for Sun TV.[14]

In its rerun during 2020 during Covid-19 pandemic, the series became one of the most watched Tamil television program.[15][16] It garnered 4.004 and 4.934 million impressions during week 12 and 13 of 2020.[17]

Critics

Hindustan Times described Metti Oli as "highly melodramatic".[18]

International broadcast

See also

References
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  2. "Sun TV Metti Oli Gayathri". The Indian Express.
  3. "Metti Oli Song Cine Times Thirumurugan Moon TV". You Tube. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. "Manase Manase Exclusive Song Metti Oli Serial Moon TV". You Tube. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  5. "The southern connection". The Indian Express.
  6. "Shows that launched, bombed and scrapped in 2012". The Times of India.
  7. "Far from the flashy crowd". India Today.
  8. "Hindi television soaps on a remaking spree". Daily News and Analysis.
  9. "10 Hindi serials that are remakes of popular regional shows". Desi Martini.
  10. "Akshinthalu to premiere soon on Gemini". The Times of India.
  11. "From Chithi to Chinna Thambi: Hit fiction shows to keep the audience entertained during lockdown period". The Times of India.
  12. "How Maran helped Sun beat rivals". Rediff.com. 4 May 2005. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020.
  13. "Metti Oli team has a reunion after 12 years". The Times of India.
  14. "UTV gets aggressive". The Indian Express.
  15. "'Metti Oli' Broadcast Again: Sun TV Announcement". The Hindu.
  16. "Return of Ramayan, Mahabharat boosts DD's viewership". Live Mint.
  17. "Chaos less "Thangam"... quietly achieved "Metti Oli"... such a welcome to the old serials?". Asianet News.
  18. "Why are soaps still pedalling backwards?". Hindustan Times.
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