Vanambadi (TV series)

The story of the series, as the name suggests (Vanambadi meaning nightingale, and female singers usually being referred to as such in Malayalam), revolves around a girl who has devoted her life fully to music.

Nandini encourages her daughter Anugraha to pursue her passion for music. However, she finds herself haunted by memories of a turbulent relationship with a famous musician. After the death of Nandini, Anugraha sets out to find her father.

• Sai Kiran Ram as Mohankumar / Mohanakrishnan
• Chippy Renjith as Nandini Mohankumar, Anumol's Mother
• Gouri P Krishnan as Anugraha Mohankumar/Anumol/Anumon/Gouri
• Suchithra Nair as Padmini "Puppy" Mohankumar
• Sona Jelina as Thampuru Mohankumar / Aiswarya Maheendran
• Balu Menon as Chandrakumar / Chandrasekharan / Chandran
• Uma Nair as Nirmala "Nimmy" Chandran
• Mohan Ayroor as Meledath Viswanathan Menon, Padmini's Father
• Priya Menon as Rugmini Viswanathan, Padmini's Mother
• Indira Thampi as Sreemangalath Devakiyamma, Mohan and Chandran's Mother
• Rajkumar as DYSP Jayaraj / Jayan, Padmini's Uncle
• Seema G. Nair as Bhadra / Kalyani, Anumol's Aunt
• Sudevan as Driver Sudevan
• Nandu Pothuval as Nandagopan / Nandan / Nandu Maman, Anumol's Uncle
• Rajeev Parameshwar as Maheendran / Mahi, Thamburu's Real Father
• Anusree Chembakassery as Archana Maheendran / Achu
• Divya Jayish Nair as Nandini (Governess)
• Manu Varma as Doctor GK
• Indulekha as Devi Teacher
• J. Pallassery as Kalappurakkal Madhavan, Nirmala's Father
• Girija Preman as Yashodhamma, Nirmala's Mother
• Deepika Mohan as Maheswariyamma, Maheendran's Mother
• Vipin James as Pramod Krishnan
• Ravikrishnan Gopalakrishnan as Simon
• Santhosh Keshavan as Vijayanandan
• Hareendran as Vinod
• Yathikumar as Ananthan / Anantha Moorthi
• Kailas Nath as Vasudevan / Vasu Annan, Menon's Karyasthan
• J Padmanabhan Thampi as Venugopalan Thampi / Thampi Annan, Temple Committee President
• Kottayam Rasheed as Mamachan, Mechanic
• Anand Thrissur as Suresh
• Raghavan as Devan (Anumol's Swami Muthashan)
• Geetha Nair as Lakshmi Devan
• Sharika Menon as Priya Suresh
• Neeraja as Neeraja, Nirmala's Sister
• Biji Raj as Satheeshan, Neeraja's Husband
• Baby Megha Mahesh as Neeraja's and Satheeshan's Daughter
• F. J Tharakan as Jacob Tharakan
• Rajmohan as SI Rajmohan
• Sindhu Varma as Mamachan's Wife
• Sreekala as Karthiyayani
• Kaladharan as Swami
• Amboori Jayan as Jayanthan
• Thirumala Ramachandran as Balan
• Kuttyedathi Vilasini
• Manu Gopinathan as Balu
• Sachin SG as Sumesh
• Achu Sugandh as Pappikunju
• Nariyapuram Venu

According to BARC ratings Vanambadi was the top rated serial in Malayalam television from its inception. The lead characters in the soap – have become household names. It had a run time of 1 Hour due to high viewership. It was a very successful soap and achieved high TRP ratings.

It is the second Musical series in Malayalam language after Paatukalude Paatu On Surya TV.