Pournami Thinkal
Pournamithinkal is an Indian Malayalam-language television soap opera drama. The show premiered on Asianet channel and streaming on Disney+Hotstar. It is produced by Chitra Shenoy's Good Company Productions. [1] Chitra Shenoy, Gauri Krishnan, and Vishnu Nair play the lead roles and veteran actor Sai Kumar made his comeback to the mini screen after 14 years.[2]
| Pournamithinkal | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | പൗർണമിത്തിങ്കൾ |
| Genre | Soap opera Drama |
| Written by | Ganesh Olikkara |
| Directed by |
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| Creative director | Kannan Thamarakkulam |
| Starring | See below |
| Opening theme | "Karalil Kannadi poovu" കരളിൽ കണ്ണാടി പൂവ്" |
| Ending theme | "Ormakal nizhalukal" "ഓർമകൾ നിഴലുകൾ" |
| Composer | Saanandh George |
| Country of origin | Kerala, India |
| Original language | Malayalam |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 454 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Sanjeev |
| Producer | Chitra Shenoy |
| Production location | Kerala |
| Cinematography | Anurag Guna / Krishna Kumar / Prince |
| Editor | Tony |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Good Company Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | Asianet |
| Picture format | 576i HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | 29 April 2019 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Synopsis
Raghunandan and Rajalakshmi were lovers years back, but never married. They separated and married others. 25 years later they meet again. Both of them are leading their families. Raghundandan is a cancer patient and a father of Pournami. Rajalakshmi is married to Prathap Shankar, a wealthy businessman. Raghundandan asks Rajalakshmi to care for his daughter after his death and Rajalakshmi agrees. She brings Pournami to her home and decides that her son Premjith should marry her. Trouble flourish for both Rajalakshmi and Pournami.[3]
Cast
Main cast
- Ranjani Raghavan → Maneesha Jayasingh → Gowri Krishnan as Pournami Premjith Shanker Lal (Main Protagonist)
- Premsankar's wife, Rajalakshmi and Prathap's daughter in law , Reghunandan's daughter, Kingini's mother
- Chitra Shenoy
- as Rajalakshmi Prathap Shanker Lal and Sethulakshmi
- Prem's mother, Prathap's wife, Pournami's mother in law, Vasantham's sister in law, Shwetha's aunt, Kingini's grandmother
- Rajalekshmi's twin sister
- as Rajalakshmi Prathap Shanker Lal and Sethulakshmi
- Vishnu V Nair as Premjith Shanker Lal (Main Protagonist)
- Pournami's husband, Prathap and Rajalakshmi's son, Shwetha's cousin, Annie's love of interest, Kingini's father
- Mahesh → Lishoy as Prathap Shankar Lal
- Prem's father, Pournami's father in law, Rajalakshmi's husband, Vasantham's brother, Shwetha's uncle, Kingini's grandfather
- Vinuja Vijay → Sneha Diwakar → Apsara as Swetha
- Prem's cousin, Vasanthamallika's daughter
- Navami Gayak → Lekshmi Pramod → Lekshmi Priya as Annie Punjakkadan
- Prem's ex-love of interest, Punchakkadan Paulose's daughter
- Baby Annakutty as Kingini
- Daughter of Prem and Pournami, granddaughter of Shankar ,Rajalekshmi and Reghunandan
Recurring cast
- Kanya Bharati → Devi Chandana as Vasanthamallika
- Prathap's sister, Shwetha's mother, Prem's aunt
- Sharan Puthumana as Nandan
- Prem and Annie's friend
- Ravikrishnan Gopalakrishnan as Poulose
- Annie's father, Prathap's ex-colleague
- Shemi Martin as Deepa
- Pournami and Anand's friend, Prem's colleague
- Fazil Rihan as Anand
- Pournami's childhood friend, Deepa and Prem's colleague and wishes to marry Pournami
- Sini Varghese as Adv.Rani Thomas Kuruvila
- Anoop Sivasenan as Adv.Thomas Kuruvila
- Munshi Ranjith as Shatrughan a.k.a. Shatru
- Sethulakshmi's Step Brother
- Jolly Easow as Kanaka
- Vasanthamallika's mother, Shwetha's grandma
- Wafa Aster as Sivaja
- Rajalakshmi and Prathap's daughter, Prem's sister, Mohan's wife
- Saikumar as Raghunandan
- Pournami's father and Rajalakshmi's childhood friend
- Rishi as Rudran
- Pournami's cousin who wished to marry Pournami
- Cherthala Lalitha as Rudran's mother
- Pournami's aunt, Rudran's mother and Raghunandan's sister
- Faizal as Mohan
- Sivaja's husband
- Payyanoor Murali
- Gomathi Mahadevan
- Jose Peroorkada
- Meera Vasudevan as Sumithra (Cameo)
- Krishnakumar Menon as Sidharth (Cameo)
- Sajan Palluruthy as Watchman (Cameo)
Production
The serial remarks the comeback of actress Chitra Shenoy after the serial Sthreedhanam. Popular Kannada serial actress Ranjani Raghavan makes her debutante heroine lead role in Malayalam after Kannada TV series Puttugowri Maduve in Colors Kannada. Saikumar, Malayalam film actor made a cameo role in the first few episodes. Chitra Shenoy is carrying out the production of the series.
It launched on Asianet channel on 29 April 2019 at 8:00 PM and later swapped its schedule with Vanambadi (TV series) to 7:00 PM. From July 15, the show is pushed to the afternoon slot of 3:00 PM. Due to good viewership, the show was moved to evening slot of 6:00 PM.
References
- "Pournami Thinkal Serial Asianet Launching On 29th April 2019 At 8.00 P.M". keralatv.in.
- "Asianet To Air Malayalam Serial Pournami Thingal". bollyy.com.
- "Pournamithinkal marks actress Ranjani Raghavan's Malayalam debut". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.