Indian television series
| Vanathai Pola |
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| Genre | Family
Drama |
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| Written by | Raj Prabhu |
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| Directed by | A. Ramachandran
R.K - Present |
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| Starring | Shreekumar
Maanya Anand
Thaman Kumar
Shwetha Khelge |
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| Theme music composer | Clement |
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| Opening theme | "Antha Saamiya Naan Paakala" |
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| Country of origin | India |
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| Original language | Tamil |
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| No. of seasons | 2 |
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| No. of episodes | 950+ |
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| Producer | Uday Shankar |
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| Production location | Tamil Nadu |
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| Cinematography | Naga Krishnan |
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| Editor | Sajin.C |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
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| Running time | approx. 22–24 minutes per episode |
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| Production companies | Sun Entertainment
Aura Creations |
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| Network | Sun TV |
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| Release | 7 December 2020 (2020-12-07) –
present |
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Vanathai Pola (transl. Just like the sky) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language family drama television series, starring Shreekumar, Maanya Anand, Preethi Kumar, Thaman Kumar, Shwetha Khelge and Sanjeev Venkat. This story focuses on the bond between Chinrasu and his sister Tulasi.
It premiered on 7 December 2020 in Sun TV from Monday to Saturday.[1] It was also available on the digital platform Sun NXT. This story focuses on the bond between Chinrasu and his sister Tulasi.
During the shooting of one of the episodes for the serial, lead actor Shreekumar 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 as part of the storyline.[2] However, Mahanadi Shankar refused to spit saliva on the face of Shreekumar, 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's face.[3]
Plot
Vanathai Pola is about the close bond between Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar) 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) 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) nemesis Panchayat board officer Vetrivel alias Vetri (Ashwanth Thilak).
The crux of the story is what happens between Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar)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) and how this affects their bond. Chinrasu (Thaman Kumar / Shree Kumar) 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) 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
Main
- Thaman Kumar / Shreekumar as Panchayat Chinrasu aka Rasu: Tulasi's brother; Sandhya love interest; Ponni's husband. (2020–2021) / (2021–present)
- Shweta Khelge / Maanya Anand as Panchayat Thalaivi Tulasi: Chinrasu's sister; Vetri's ex-lover; Rajapandi's wife. (2020–2021) / (2021–present)
- Sangeetha / Preethi Kumar / Chandhini Prakash as Ponni: Muthaiah and Kamala's daughter; Chinrasu's wife.
- Ashwanth Thilak as Panchayat officer Vetrivel aka Vetri: Valli's husband; Tulasi's ex-lover (2020–present)
- Ashwanth Karthi as Rajapandi: Sankarapandiyan and Chellathayi's son; Valli's cousin; Tulasi's husband (2020–present)
- Sanjeev Venkat as Inspector Veerasingam; Main lead (2023–present)
Recurring
- Debjani Modak as Sandhya: Chinrasu's love interest (2020-2023)
- Naresh Eswar as Radhakrishnan aka Krishna: Muthaiah's nephew; Meera's widower (2023–present)
- Geetha Lakshmi as Senbagavalli: Krishna's mother (2023–present)
- Mahanadi Shankar as Sankarapandiyan aka Sankarapandi: Gomathi's brother; Chellathayi's husband; Rajapandi's father (2020–present)
- Senthi Kumari as Chellathayi: Sanakrapandiyan's wife; Rajapandi's mother (2020–present)
- Eesan Sujatha as Gomathi: Sankarapandiyan's sister; Valli's mother (2021–present) (Antagonist).
- Dhakshana as Valli: Gomathi's daughter; Rajapandi's cousin; Vetrivel's wife (2021–present)
- Manoj Kumar as Muthaiah: Ponni's father (2020–present)
- Dhakshayini as Kamala: Ponni's mother (2020–present)
- Seeni Amma as Rajakevali: Chinrasu, Tulasi, Ponni and Rajapandi's grandmother (2020–present)
- Britto as Pulikutty: Chinrasu and Tulasi's servant (2020–present)
- Padmini in dual role as
- Loganayagi: Nandhini's mother (2023–present)(Antagonist).
- Inspector Veerasingam's mother
- Godhandam as Godhandam: Chinrasu and Tulasi's Servant
- Chitra Rebecca as Nandhini: Loganayagi's daughter; Rajapandi's fiancé (2023–present) (Antagonist).
- Sankaraesh Kumar as Old Saravanan: Ponni's ex-love interest → Santhosh Daniel as New Saravanan: Ponni's ex-love interest
- Sudha Pushpa as Kalpana: Saravanan's mother (2021 - 2023)
- Muthukuppusamy as Saravanan's father (2021-2023)
- 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)
- Shamili Sukumar as Meera Radhakrishnan: Krishna's Wife (2023) (Dead)
- Bala Singh as Chinrasu and Tulasi's father (Posthumous photographic appearance)
Special appearances
- 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 Subhash 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)
- 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
Casting
Thaman 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][5] Shreekumar replaced him in the role of Chinrasu from episode 313.[6] Shwetha Khelge with the series by playing as Thulasi.[7] she quit the show.[8][9] Maanya Anand replaced her in the role of Thulasi from episode 301.[10]
Debjani Modak was selected to portray a supporting role as Sandhiya but in April 2023 she quit the show.[11][12] Karthi and Ashwanth Thilak[13] 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.[14] In August actor Naresh Eswar was cast as Radhakrishnan[15] and Shamili Sukumar was cas as Meera Radhakrishnan in Special appearances.[16] In end of September 2023, actor Sanjeev Venkat was cast as Veerasingam.[17]
