Pasamalar
Tamil	பாசமலர்
Genre	Soap opera
Written by	Dialogues by R.Prabhakar & V.Padmavathy
Screenplay by	Sekkizhar Siva.lla Amalraj
Directed by	Sadhasivam Perumaal Azhagar S.Sundaramoorthy
Creative director	Sujatha Vijayakumar
Starring	Stalin Chandra Lakshman Shamily Sukumar Shilpa Mary Teresa Pavani Reddy Pradeep Kumar Jeevitha Yuvarani Bhuvaneshwari Guru Aravind
Theme music composer	Rajkumar Rajamanikkam (Title Song) Hari (Background Score)
Opening theme	"Enna Thavam Seinthano" "Edhu varayil edhuvimendri"
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	983+
Production
Producer	Sujatha Vijaykumar
Cinematography	Bala P.Chithirai Selvan
Editors	V.Karthik Manikandan Ravi
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 20-22 minutes per episode
Production company	Home Movie Makers
Original release
Network	Sun TV
Release	7 October 2013 (2013-10-07) – 1 January 2017 (2017-01-01)

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Pasamalar is a 2013-2016 Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired on Sun TV. It is a prime time serial. The show premiered on 7 October 2013 to 1 January 2017 for 1000 episodes. It was initially aired from Monday to Friday at 6:30PM IST and later extended up to Saturday. The show starred Stalin, Chandra Lakshman and Shamily Sukumar in the lead roles as Poovarasu, Thamarai and Mallika. while, Pavani Reddy, Pradeep Kumar, Yuvarani, Shilpa Mary Teresa, Jeevitha, Guru Aravind, Bhuvaneshwari and others playing a supporting roles. It is produced by Home Movie Makers and directed by Sadhasivam Perumaal and Azhagar, S.Sundarmoorthy.^[1]

It revolves around the lives of 3 siblings, whose affection and love remain unchanged through highs and lows. Poovarasu (Stalin) has been taking care of his two younger sisters, Thamarai (Chandra Lakshman) and Mallika (Shamily Sukumar) from the age of 10 after their parents' untimely. It is currently re telecasting in Kalaignar TV since 12 December 2022 at 9.30 PM.^[2]

Plot

Paasamalar is a story about the love shared by an elder brother and his two younger sisters. Poovarasu is taking care of his sisters, Thamarai and Mallika, from the age of ten after his parents died. Poovarasu sacrifices his interests and desires to care for his sisters. He works in a small engineering factory, Thamarai takes care of the family while Mallika goes to college and has a different attitude towards life.

Cast

• Stalin as Poovarasu (1–1000)
• Leena Nair ("Pritika") (1–197) → Chandra Lakshman (197–1000) as Thamarai^[3] - Poovarasu's 1st younger sister
• Laxmy Priya (1–85) → Shamily Sukumar (85–1000) as Mallika - Poovarasu's 2nd younger sister
• Nithin Iyer (1–100) → Sathya Shyam (100–1000) as Vimal - Mallika's husband
• Guru Aravind (1–1000) as Paarivendan "Paari" - Thamarai's husband
• Devipriya (1–351) → Shilpa Mary Teresa (378–1000) as Kokila - Poovarasu's 1st wife
  • Shilpa also portrayed as Mary (715–900) – Kokila's medium, a Christian
• Sherin Farhana as Ahalya (665–1000) – Poovarasu and Kokila's daughter
• Lakshmi Viswanath (1–333) → Jeevitha (675–1000) as Uma - Poovarasu's ex-lover latter his 2nd wife
• Pavani Reddy as Bharathi (675–1000) – Mallika's best friend
• Pradeep Kumar as Pradeep (700–1000) – Bharathi's husband
• Naresh Eswar as Vikram (765–1000) – Bharathi's cousin
• Yuvarani as Vaitheeshwari (755–1000) – Bharathi's arch-rival
• Jennifer Antony (100–415) → Bhuvaneswari (415–765) as Bhuvaneshwari - Thamarai and Mallika's arch-rival (Dead)
• Priya as Karpagam – Poovarasu's aunt (1–1000)
• Gaayathri Yuvaraj as Eshwari (1–1000) – Paari's 1st younger sister
• Sambhavi Gurumoorthy as Vennila (1–1000) – Paari's 2nd younger sister
• Bharathi Kannan (1–375) → Azhagu (376–1000) as Kaliappan – Paari's father
• Rekha Suresh as Maragatham (700–1000) – Bharathi's mother
• Sathya Sai Krishnan (725–1000) as Narmada – Bharathi's younger sister
• Naga lakshmi as Annapoorani (1–1000) – Paari's mother
• Krithika Ladoo as Jennifer (1–1000) – Vimal's best friend
• Syamantha Kiran as Devi – Bhuvaneshwari's younger sister (575–988) (Dead)
• Vinoth Sampath as Sanjay (1–990) (Dead) – Bhuvaneshwari's son also Vennila's ex-lover
• Aravind as Surya – Paari's best friend (498–615)
• Shweta as Shruthi (500–615) – Surya's wife
• Manoharan as Thangamani – Pradeep's father (815–1000)
• Deepa Nethran as Raji – Pradeep's mother (815–1000)
• Sabarna Anand as Swathi / Kumuthini (696–733) – Paari's housemaid
• Aanandhi as Kayal (725–1000) – Bharathi's elder sister
• Suresh
• Shyam as Shyam (728–1000) – Kayal's husband
• Sripriya as Valli – Paari's elder sister (1–1000)
• Sivaranjani as Charu – Paari's ex-lover (1–300)
• Annapoorni as Alamelumangai
• J. Lalitha as Mary's mother
• Subbaiyah (1–350)
• Karthick Vasudevan as Chezhiyan (1–357)
• Murali Kumar
• Dubbing Janaki

Guest appearances

• Khushbu as Kushboo^[4][5]
• Sujitha Dhanush as Goddess Amman

Awards and nominations