Pranayam (TV series)

Pranayam (transl. "Love") is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language television series that was broadcast on Asianet channel. The show had aired from Monday to Saturday at 7.00 PM IST and it shifted to Monday to Friday 6.30 PM. Srinish Aravind and Varada Jishin played the lead roles.

Pranayam
GenreSoap opera
Created byEkta Kapoor
Based onCustody by Manju Kapur
Developed bySREE SARAN CREATIONS
Written byDinesh Pallathu
Story byManju Kapoor
Directed by
Starring
Narrated byProf. Aliyar
Theme music composerS.P.Venkitesh
Opening theme"Hey laalaa laala..."
Ending theme"Naanamavunnu Meni Movunnu"
ComposerS.P.Venkitesh
Country of originIndia
Original languageMalayalam
No. of episodes524
Production
Producers
  • S. Murugan
  • Saraniya Subramaniam
Cinematography
  • Manisundhar
  • Sunil Vechoor
Editors
  • Sajin C.
  • Soman Koodal
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companySree Saran Creations
DistributorMerryland Studio
Vishakh outdoor unit
Release
Original networkAsianet
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Original release6 July 2015 (2015-07-06) 
28 April 2017 (2017-04-28)
External links
Website

It was the remake of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein aired on StarPlus.[1] It shows the love of two different states and two different culture. The pair was known as #SharMi on social networking sites. After Varada quit the show citing health issues, ratings tanked and the show was cancelled.

Plot

The show follows the love story of Lekshmi Iyer, who is a Tamilian and Sharan G Menon, who is a menon. Lekshmi is sterile and gets attached emotionally to Sharan's daughter, Malu, who lives with her divorced father. Sharan's ex-wife, Kavitha, lives with her boyfriend and Sharan's ex-boss and business rival Prakash Varma and Manu, her son. Due to some circumstances, Sharan and Lekshmi marry each other for Malu's custody and gradually fall in love with each other and lead a happy life.

Kavitha creates trouble in Lekshmi and Sharan's life. Kavitha wants to marry Prakash and Lekshmi's sister Aswathy is marrying Kavitha's brother Anand. Sharan treats Anand as his brother. Prakash tries to brainwash Aswathy. Kavitha and Prakash's marriage is called off. Prakash blackmails Aswathy and Aswathy marries him to save Anand. Soon Sharan's son Manu with Kavitha also comes to them and lives with them. Kavitha tries to create troubles in Lekshmi and Sharan's love using Manu but she fail and leaves the house. The story continues by the plots to menon family by Kavitha.

Cast

  • Srinish Aravind as Sharan G Menon [Main male lead]
  • Remya Sankar/ Varada Jishin / Divya Nair as Lekshmi Viswanatha Iyer a.k.a. Lekshmi Sharan G Menon [Main female lead]
  • Naveen Arakkal as Prakash Varama [Kavitha's ex-partner ; Main male antagonist]
  • Baby Sradha / Baby Megha Mahesh as Malavika/ Malu [Sharan & Kavitha's daughter ; Lakshmi's stepdaughter]
  • Master Siddharth as Manu [Main child antagonist ; Sharan & Kavitha's son ; Lakshmi's stepson]
  • Maneesh Krishna as Anand [Sharan's brotherly best friend ; Kavitha's Brother]
  • Althara as Kavitha [Manu's mother ; Main female antagonist ; Sharan's ex-wife ; Prakash's ex-partner]
  • Kottayam Rasheed as Govinda Menon [Sharan's father]
  • Beena Antony as Madhavi Govinda Menon [Sharan's mother]
  • Pratheeksha G Pradeep as Aswathy Iyer [Prakash's wife ; Anand's ex-fiance ; Lekshmi's & Devika's cousin]
  • Adarsh/ Vishnu V Nair as Karthik ( sarans brother)
  • Jishin Mohan as Sachin Varma [Praksh's brother ; Antagonist]
  • Amrutha as Simi [Sharan's Sister]
  • Rishi as Indu Gopan [Simi's husband
  • Kailas Nath as Viswanatha Iyer [Lekshmi's father]
  • Anuradha Krishnamoorthy as Saraswathy Viswantha Iyer [Lekshmi's mother]
  • Arya Sreeram as Devika Balachandran [Lekshmi's sister]
  • Adithyan Jayan as Balachandran a.k.a. Balu[Devika's husband]
  • Sabari Nath as ACP Sankar
  • Vandana as Shaarika [Karthik's love interest]
  • Aiswarya as Anand's Wife
  • Sini Varghese as Tanuja [Prakash's friend ; Helper]
  • Karthika Kannan as Radhika
  • Faizal Razi as Dr.Manoj
  • Fawaz Zayani as Mani/Abhimanyu Raghav [Lekshmi's childhood friend ; Sharan's business partner]
  • Vanchiyoor Praveen Kumar as Ammavan

Broadcast history

The show started airing on Asianet on 6 July 2015 and it aired on Monday to Saturday 7:00 PM IST. Later its timing changed starting from Monday 29 August 2016, the show was shifted to 6:30 PM IST time slot.

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientRoleResult
2016Asianet Television awards 2016Best actressVaradhaLekshmiNominated
Best actress special juryWon
Most popular actressNominated
Best Family EntertainerS. Murugan & Saraniya SubramaniamWon
Most Popular SerialS. Murugan & Saraniya SubramaniamNominated
Best DirectorSudheesh ShankarNominated
Best actor in a negative roleNaveen ArakkalPrakashWon
Best actress in a negative roleAltharaKavithaNominated
Best DebutSrinishSharanWon
Best Character actressBeena AntonyMadhaviNominated
Best AudiographerAneeshNominated
Best DubbingSidharthSharanWon
Best child artistMegha MaheshMaluNominated
2017Asianet Television awards 2017Best Child artistMegha MaheshMaluNominated
Best actor in a negative roleNaveen ArakkalPrakashWon
Best Character actressBeena AntonyMadhaviNominated
Best dubbing artist maleSidharthSharanNominated
Best EditorAneesh JNominated
Special juryKottayam RasheedGovindanWon

References

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