Vanathai Pola (transl. Just Like the Sky) is an Indian Tamil-language family drama television series, starring Shreekumar Ganesh and Maanya Anand. The story focuses on the bond between Chinrasu and his sister Tulasi.
| Vanathai Pola | |
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| Genre | Family Drama |
| Written by | Raj Prabhu |
| Directed by | A. Ramachandran R.K |
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| Theme music composer | Clement |
| Opening theme | "Antha Saamiya Naan Paakala" |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 1146 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Uday Shankar |
| Production location | Tamil Nadu |
| Cinematography | Naga Krishnan |
| Editor | Sajin.C |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 22–24 minutes per episode |
| Production companies | Sun Entertainment Aura Creations |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sun TV |
| Release | 7 December 2020 – 17 August 2024 |
It premiered on 7 December 2020 on Sun TV from Monday to Saturday[1] and ended on 17 August 2024. It was also available on the digital platform Sun NXT.
During the shooting of one of the episodes for the serial, lead actor Shreekumar Ganesh agreed with the option of using real human saliva instead of soap foam to shoot the sequence of Mahanadi Shankar spitting saliva on the face of Shreekumar Ganesh as part of the storyline.[2] However, Mahanadi Shankar refused to spit saliva on the face of Shreekumar Ganesh, and the director opted to use one of the actresses of the serial, Chanthani Prakash, in order to shoot the sequence. Later, the scene was edited with Shankar spitting saliva on Shreekumar Ganesh's face.[3]
Plot
editVanathai Pola is about the close bond between Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar Ganesh) and his sister Thulasi (Shwetha Khelge / Maanya Anand). Their parents died when they were young. Both were raised by their grandmother Rajakelavi (Seeni Amma). Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar Ganesh) is on the lookout for a perfect groom for Tulasi (Shwetha Khelge/ Maanya Anand). However, she repeatedly rejects potential grooms as she doesn't want to leave her brother. As fate would have it, she falls in love with Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar Ganesh) nemesis Panchayat board officer Vetrivel alias Vetri (Ashwanth Thilak).
The crux of the story is what happens between Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar Ganesh )and Tulasi (Shwetha Khelge / Maanya Anand), whether Tulasi (Shwetha Khelge/ Maanya Anand) marries the groom chosen Vetri V/S Rajapandi by Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar Ganesh) and how this affects their bond. Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar Ganesh) brother would accept the person who works as a Panchayat board officer Vetrivel alias Vetri, if his sister Poorni Parameshwaran wishes. One of Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar/ Shree Kumar Ganesh) brother in-law relatives, Rajapandi (Ashwanth Karthi), is also interested in marrying Tulasi (Shwetha Khelge / Maanya Anand), but he is not regarded as an ideal match because he smokes and drinks. When Rajapandi (Ashwanth Karthi) the village Panchayat board officer Vetrivel alias Vetri (Ashwanth Thilak) meet face to face, the quarrel begins.
Cast
editThis section needs additional citations for verification. (January 2024) |
Main
edit- Shreekumar Ganesh as Nallathoor oor Panchayat Chinrasu aka Rasu: Tulasi's brother; Ponni's husband. (2021–2024)
- Thaman Kumar[4] as Chinrasu (2020–2021)
- Maanya Anand as Nallathoor Panchayat Thalaivi Tulasi: Chinrasu's sister; Vetri's ex-lover; Rajapandi's wife. (2021–2024)
- Shweta Khelge as Tulasi (2020–2021)
- Chandhini Prakash as Ponni: Muthaiah and Kamala's daughter; Chinrasu alias Rasu's wife / Preethi Kumar as Ponni / Sangeetha as Ponni
- VJ Ashwanth Karthi as Rajapandi: Sankarapandiyan and Chellathayi's son; Valli's cousin; Tulasi's husband (2020–2024)
- Neelima Rani[5] as Divya: Dharshini's mother; Gowtham's wife.(2024)
- Arun Kumar Rajan[5] as Gowtham: Dharshini's father; Divya's husband. (2024)
Recurring
edit- Ashwanth Thilak as Nallathoor oor officer Vetrivel aka Vetri: Valli's husband; Tulasi's ex-lover (2020–2024)
- Naresh Eswar as Nallathoor oor officer Radhakrishnan aka Krishna: Muthaiah's nephew; Meera's widower (2023)
- Shruti Shanmuga Priya as Saranya (2024)
- Geetha Lakshmi as Senbagavalli: Krishna's mother (2023–2024)
- Farzana ansari as Dharshini: Gautham and Divya's daughter (2024)
- Mahanadi Shankar as Sankarapandiyan aka Sankarapandi: Gomathi's brother; Chellathayi's husband; Rajapandi's father (2020–2024)
- Bharath Guru as Kannan alias Muthu: Divya's brother
- Senthi Kumari as Chellathayi aka Chella: Sankrapandiyan alias Sankarapandi's wife; Rajapandi's mother (2020–2024)
- Eesan Sujatha as Gomathi: Sankarapandiyan's sister; Valli's mother (2021–2024) (Antagonist).
- Dhakshana as Valli: Gomathi's daughter; Rajapandi's cousin; Vetrivel alias Vetri's wife (2021–2024)
- Sanjeev Venkat as Inspector Veerasingam (2023–2024)
- Manoj Kumar as Muthaiah: Ponni's father (2020–2024)
- Dhakshayini/ Roja sholapur as Kamala: Ponni's mother (2020–2024) (2024).
- Seeni Amma as Rajakevali: Chinrasu, Tulasi, Ponni and Rajapandi's grandmother (2020–2024)
- Britto as Pulikutty: Chinrasu and Tulasi's servant (2020–2024)
- Padmini in dual role as
- Loganayagi: Nandhini's mother (2023–2024)(Antagonist).
- Inspector Veerasingam's mother
- Godhandam as Godhandam: Chinrasu and Tulasi's Servant
- Chitra Rebecca as Nandhini: Loganayagi's daughter; Rajapandi's fiancé (2023–2024) (Antagonist).
- Sankaraesh Kumar / Santosh Daniel as Saravanan alias Saravana: Ponni's ex-love interest
- Sudha Pushpa / Unknown as Kalpana: Saravanan's mother
- Muthukuppusamy as Saravanan's father
- Unknown as Vaishavi: Saravanan's Sister
- VJ Mounika as Poorni Parameshwaran: Parameshwaran's Wife; Eshwari's daughter (2021-2023)
- Sailatha as Eswari: Vetrivel's aunt (2021)
- Ravivarman as Vetrivel's father (2021)
- Vetrivelan as Shakthivel alias (Shakthi): Vetrivel's elder brother (2021)
- Subhageetha as Vetrivel's sister-in-law, who supports Vetrivel's love; Shakthivel 's Wife (2021)
- Jennifer as Chittu: Thulasi's friend (2021)
- Unknown as Ranjith alias Parameshwaran (Paramaguru): Poorni's husband; Vetrivel's brother-in-law (2021)
- Bala Singh as Chinrasu and Tulasi's father (Posthumous photographic appearance)
- Padmini Chandrasekar as Puvaneshwari; Goutham and Vasanth's mather (2024)
Special appearances
edit- Dharish Jayaseelan as Vishwanathan alias Vishwa:Tulasi's ex-fiancé (2021)
- Unknown as Chinrasu and Tulasi's Mother (Posthumous photographic appearance)
- Ashok Pandian as Vishwanathan's father (2021)
- Sangeetha Balan as Vishwanathan's mother (2021)
- Nidhish Kutty as Lord Kartikeya Murugan and Mukhil Sivasubramaniam (2021)
- Riya Manoj as Abhirami alias Abhi Sivasubramaniam (2021)
- Vidhya Mohan as Meenal alias Meena Sivasubramaniam (2021)
- Aravind Akash as Dr. Sivasubramaniam (2021)
- Papri Ghosh as Kayalvizhi Kutty Sundaram (2021)
- Aarthi Subash as Malliga Anbu Sundaram (2021)
- Naresh Eswar as Kutty Sundaram (2021)
- Guhan Shanmugam as Anbu Sundaram (2021)
- Preethi Sharma as Venba Kavin (2022)
- Nandan Loganathan as Kavin (2022)
- Chaitra Reddy as Kayalvizhi alias Kayal (2022)
- Shamili Sukumar as Meera Radhakrishnan: Radhakrishnan alias Krishna's Wife (2023) (Dead)
- Shabana Shajahan as Anjali (mentioned and also appeared in crossover with Mr. Manaivi) (2023)
- Pavan Ravindra as Vicky (mentioned and also appeared in crossover with Mr. Manaivi) (2023)
Production
editCasting
editThaman Kumar was selected to portray the lead role as Chinrasu, In December 2021 he left the show because of an inconvenience of his role.[4][6]
Shreekumar replaced him in the role of Chinrasu from episode 313.[7]
Shwetha Khelge with the series by playing as Thulasi.[8] she quit the show.[9][10]
Maanya Anand replaced her in the role of Thulasi from episode 301.[11]
Ashwanth Karthi and Ashwanth Thilak[12] play their supporting roles.
After Sangeetha quit the show, Preethi Kumar replaced her. However, she also left resulting in Chandini Prakash to play the role.[13]
In August actor Naresh Eswar was cast as Radhakrishnan[14] and Shamili Sukumar was cas as Meera Radhakrishnan in Special appearances.[15]
In end of September 2023, actor Sanjeev Venkat was cast as Veerasingam.[16]
On 15 June 2024, Neelima Rani as Divya, Arun Kumar Rajan as Gowtham, Sruthi Shanmuga Priya as Saranya, Sreedharan Gopal as Vasanth and Barath Guru as Kannan alias Muthu. for a new parallel storyline with Chinrasu and Ponni.[5]
Crossover episodes
edit- It had a Mahasangamam with Poove Unakkaga from 1–7 February 2021, and then with Sundari from 12 to 24 July 2021 and with Mr. Manaivi from 15 May 2023 to 27 May 2023 .[17]
References
edit- ^ "New daily soap Vanathai Pola to premiere on December 7". The Times of India. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ arivu (1 August 2023). "வானத்தைப்போல சீரியலில் நடிகரின் மூஞ்சில் காரி துப்பிய நடிகை.! இதுதான் காரணம் நடிகர் ஸ்ரீ விளக்கம்." Tamil360Newz (in Tamil). Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ Dinamalar (1 August 2023). "சீரியலுக்காக இவ்வளவு அர்ப்பணிப்பா...! | So much dedication for the serial...!". தினமலர் - சினிமா (in Tamil). Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Chinnarasu aka Thaman quits Vanathai Pola; deets inside". The Times of India.
- ^ a b c "Actors Arun Rajan and Neelima join the cast of 'Vanathai Pola'". The Times of India. 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Tamil Show Vanathai Pola Sees Double Exit; After Swetha, Thaman Kumar Too Leaves". www.news18.com. 22 December 2021.
- ^ "வானத்தைப் போல சீரியல் புது சின்ராசு இவர்தான்.. இணையத்தில் வெளியானது சூட்டிங் ஸ்பாட் புகைப்படம்". kalakkalcinema.com. 24 December 2021.
- ^ "கன்னட அறிமுகம்… தெலுங்கில் பாப்புலர் நடிகை.. சீரியலில் பாசமலர் சாவித்ரி… வானத்தைப் போல துளசி பர்சனல் ப்ரொஃபைல்!". tamil.indianexpress.com.
- ^ "First Swetha Khelge, Now Actor Thaman Kumar Leaves Tamil Show Vanathai Pola: Reports". www.news18.com. 17 December 2021.
- ^ ""அடுத்தடுத்து ஹீரோ, ஹீரோயின் விலகினா தயாரிப்பாளர் தலையிலதான் துண்டு!"- 'வானத்தைப் போல' பஞ்சாயத்துகள்". cinema.vikatan.com.
- ^ "புது துளசி வந்தாச்சு; அட, நம்ம வீட்டுப் பொண்ணு மாதிரியே இருக்காங்க!". tamil.indianexpress.com.
- ^ "சன் டிவி சீரியலுக்காக லேடி கெட்டப் போட்ட பிரபல நடிகர்.. இணையத்தில் வைரலாகும் ஷாக் புகைப்படம் – பாராட்டித் தள்ளும் ரசிகர்கள்". kalakkalcinema.com. 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Tamil TV serial 'Vanathai Pola' set for a major cast change". The Times of India. 22 June 2022.
- ^ "Tamil TV actor Narendran Eshwar joins the cast of 'Vaanathai Pola'". The Times of India. 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Actress Shamili Sukumar joins the cast of 'Vaanathai Pola'". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Tamil TV actor Sanjeev Venkat joins the cast of 'Vaanathai Pola'". The Times of India. 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Actor Thilak is excited for Mahasangamam of Vanathai Pola and Poove Unakkaga; read post". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.