Kasthuri (TV series)

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Kasthuri
GenreSoap opera
Based onGopurangal Saivathillai by Manivannan
Written byEkta Kapoor (Story)
Screenplay bySekkizhar.S (1-400)
Guru Sampathkumar(401-785)
Dhavamani Vaseekaran(786-1000)
Sakthi.J.Bhagavathi(1001-1220)
S.Ashok Kumar(1221-1532)
Directed byK. Rajiv Prashad (1-406)
Balki. Aasaithambi(407-506)
K.Shiva (507-785)
V.Sadasivam (786-1000)
R.Nandhakumar (1000-1237)
S.R.Elavarasan (1238-1449)
Thava karthick (1450-1532)
Creative directorsPrashanth V. Jadhav (Ep 1-506)
Subbha Venkat
S.Ashok Kumar
Kamela Nasser
Chandramohan Nag
StarringEaswari Rao
Niya
Jai Krishna
Latha
Delhi Ganesh
Shyam
Neelima Rani
Deepa Venkat
Vadivukkarasi
Music byS. Vijayashankar
Opening theme"Kasthuri Pennoda""
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (Vocal)
Kabilan (Lyrics)
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes1,532
Production
ProducersEkta Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor
Production locationsSalem, Tamil Nadu
Chennai
Singapore
CinematographyB.K.Ramsingh(1-500)
Saravanan(501-615)
Yuvan Saravanan(615-785)
Meenakshipatti.P. Kasinathan(786-1225)
N.Ramalingam(1226-1532)
EditorsA.Mohammed Yaasin
CH.Madhu
SR.Balaji
Running timeapprox. 24-28 minutes per episode
Production companyBalaji Telefilms
Original release
NetworkSun TV
Release21 August 2006 (2006-08-21) –
31 August 2012 (2012-08-31)
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Kasthuri is an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on Sun TV from 21 August 2006 and later a show named 'Madhavi' took the time slot of this serial on 19 April 2010. It shifted to the 11.30AM slot. This serial was replaced by Kanmaneeya and again shifted on 13 December 2011, telecast for 1,532 episodes.[1] The show starred Easwari Rao, Niya, Latha, Delhi Ganesh, Shyam, Neelima Rani, Aparna and Nithish among others. It was produced by Balaji Telefilms Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor, and had various directors. It also aired in Sri Lanka on the Tamil channel on Shakthi TV. It is an official remake of blockbuster Telugu series Kalyanee which aired on Gemini TV.

Plot

The story of a village girl who marries a groom from the city. Ram is the groom and wants a modern and educated wife. While he and his parents come to this village to see Kasturi, unknowingly he sees another girl who is fairer near the well of the house. Thinking that she is Kasthuri (Easwari Rao), Ram says OK for the marriage, and they arrange the marriage. On the date of marriage, Ram is shocked to see the real Kasturi very dark in color and not educated or looks modern. However, there is no choice for him other than to marry Kasthuri (Easwari Rao), so he marries her. Later he brings Kasturi to his residence in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Ram later identifies the girl he had seen in the village, gets in touch with her, and hides the truth that he is married to Kasturi and marries that girl. There is a friend of Ram who is very polite and responsible. He helps Kasturi and her father to reunite with Ram again. The entire serial showcases how Kasthuri (Easwari Rao) solves all the problems when she is alone without Ram.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Production

Sun Network to telecast the serial. At first Kalyanee was produced on Gemini TV in the year 2005 Gayathri Sastry, the fame of Metti Oli who played as lead role in that serial. After the success of serial, she planned to remake the series Kalyanee. Later it was remade as Kasthuri on Sun TV
. Easwari Rao played the role of Kasthuri, and the series was accepted by all people including villagers.

In 2006 it was remade as Kalyani on

Kannada on Udaya TV
. In Telugu version were ended in 2010 and Malayalam version were ended in 2008, Kannada version was abruptly ended in 2012.

In 2009 the lead of serial Easwari Rao left and Niya was replaced as Kasthuri and it got low TRP ratings and again Easwari Rao was replaced and still led as Kasthuri until 2012.

In 2010 a series named

Nadhaswaram was aired on prime time and some serials in Sun TV
changed time slots and this serial was pushed back to 11:30am.

References

  1. ^ "Kasthuri serial on Sun TV". www.nettv4u.com.
  2. ^ திமுகவிலோ அதிமுகவிலோ சேர்ந்திருந்தா பெரிய அரசியல்வாதி ஆகிருப்பேன் - Lollusabha Maaran | Out Of Topic, retrieved 11 June 2022

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