Karthika Deepam
Genre	Soap opera
Written by	pradeep panicker
Directed by	Ajay Narayanan
Opening theme	"Chambavu Vithernja Paadam"
Composer	Gopi Sundar
Country of origin	India
Original language	Malayalam
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	672
Production
Producer	Mahesh Kozhencherry
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Blueline Movies
Original release
Network	Zee Keralam
Release	13 July 2020 (2020-07-13) – 11 September 2022 (2022-09-11)

Karthika Deepam (transl. Festival of Lights) is an Indian Malayalam television series which is broadcasting on Zee Keralam and streams on ZEE5 platform.^[1] It stars Snisha Chandran, Yadhu Krishnan, Vivek Gopan and Reshmi Soman in the lead roles. The series premiered on 13 July 2020.^[2]

Cast

Main

• Snisha Chandran as Karthika Arun /Karthu
  • Kannan and Pavithra's foster daughter , Arun's Wife
• Yadhukrishnan as Kannan^[3]
  • Kanaka's elder son, Karthika's foster father and Pavithra's husband
• Vivek Gopan as Arun
  • Karthika's husband
• Reshmi Soman as Devanandha
  • Arun's Paternal aunt ,Karthika's biological mother

Recurring

• Amritha Varnan/Sumi Santhosh as Pavithra
  • Kannan's wife and Karthika's foster mother
• Akhil Anand as Dheepan
  • Kannan, Arun and Pappan's friend , Vijitha's second husband , Dr.Jeevan's younger brother
• Giridhar as Pappan
  • Kannan's friend
• Kottayam Rasheed as Karunan
  • Kanaka's brother ,Vijitha's father
• Jismy as Vijitha
  • Unni's former wife ,Karunan and Sudha's daughter
• Sreekala as Kanaka
  • Kannan and Unni's mother
• Roshan Ullas as Dr. Unnikrishnan/Unni
  • Kanaka's younger son , Vijitha's ex-husband
  • Malu's husband
• Vijayakumari as Sudha
  • Karunan's wife and Vijitha's mother
• Divya Yesodharan as Manju
  • Arun's sister-in-law
• Deepika Mohan as Malathi
  • Arun and Anandhu's mother
• Sreelekshmi Sreekumar / Anjusha P G as Malavika
  • Devanandha's youngest daughter
  • Unni's second wife
• Rafi as Anandhu
  • Arun's brother and Manju's husband
• V.K Baiju as Dr. Jeevan
  • Nitha's husband , Karthika's biological father and Dheepan's elder brother
• Jayasoman as Sharath
  • Devananda's husband
  • Malu's father
• Divya M Nair as Nitha
• Jayaprakash as Vishwan
  • Karunan's friend
• Sudha Nair as Padmini
  • Pavithra's elder sister, Manju's house maid
• Shyjan Sreevalsan as Susheelan
  • Padmini's husband
• Bindhu Krishnan as Jayasree
  • Jeevan and Dheepan's sister
• Kalabhavan Jinto as Sudhevan
  • Jayasree's husband
• Haridas Varkala as Haridas

Cameo appearance

(in wedding episodes)

• Shiju
• Srinish Aravind
• Stebin Jacob
• Amala Gireesan
• Mersheena Neenu
• Sushmitha Prabhakar

Music

The title song was sung by Vaikom Vijayalakshmi and Nanjiyamma.^[4] The song been composed by Gopi Sundar.^[5][6]