Abhiyum Naanum (TV series)

Abhiyum Naanum is an 2020 Indian Tamil-language Soap Opera drama airing on Sun TV. It premiered on 26 October 2020.^[1] It stars Riya Manoj, Vidhya Mohan, Nidhish Kutty and Aravind Akash^[2][3] The show is now available in SUN NXT

Synopsis[]

The story revolves around Abhi, an eight-year-old girl who is the sweet natured adopted daughter of Saravanan,who works as a driver for a wealthy family. She develops a special bond with Meena, her father's employer. Eventually, it is revealed that Abhi is in fact the long-lost child of Meena and her husband Shiva who was adopted at a young age by Saravanan, due to an astrological prediction that if the first child born to Meena and Shiva was raised by them, they will not survive when the child is 9 years old. Abhi also faces conflicts with Mukhil, Meena and Shiva's pampered son who is jealous of the attention Abhi receives from his mother, Girija, Shiva's younger sister is miser and greedy hates Abhi and Meena, and Rajeshwari, the family matriarch. Girija and Sundari learn that Abhi is Meena's biological daughter and share this with Eshwaran, Meena's elder brother, who tries to kill Abhi at any cost. Later, Mukhil understands Abhi's good nature and becomes friendly towards her in the course of time but due to the conflicts from Rajeshwari, Girija and others, Abhi is forced to settle in a hostel. But, Meena secretly takes Abhi away from the hostel, upon Saravanan's request. On the way sends goons to kill Abhi but Meena and Abhi are saved by Vaathi, an auto driver. Vaathi's father and Rajeshwari were siblings but Rajeshwari had get rid of her brother as he married Janaki, a poor woman whose astrology said that her husband will die within 5 years of marital life. Somehow, Janaki and Rajeshwari's brother led a life with 3 daughters and Janaki's father, but consequently Rajeshwari's brother died within 5 years as per astrological prediction. Without knowing this Meena says Abhi's situation to Vaathi and she helps Meena by keeping Abhi with her in her house as Abhishek (dressed as a boy). Back in Rajeshwari's house, Mukhil and Girija's son, Sumo learn Tamil from Sekkilar, Janaki's father and develop friendship with Abhishek without knowing that it is Abhi in a boy get-up. Both Mukhil and Sumo introduce Abhishek to Rajeshwari's family as their friend in Tamil tuition and family members do not recognize it as Abhi except Meena. Raghu, Rajeshwari's youngest son falls in love with Vaathi while dropping Mukhil and Sumo at her house for learning Tamil from Vaathi's grandfather. He proposes Vaathi one day but she slaps him. Seeing this, Girija and Sundar, her husband get angry as Vaathi had slapped them when they came with Rajeshwari due to some problem. They complain this to Rajeshwari and she asks Raghu to slap Vaathi in return without knowing that Raghu loves Vaathi and he also slaps her reluctantly. Raghu also learns that Janaki is none other than his maternal uncle's wife and that Vaathi and her elder sisters are his uncle's daughters. Back in Vaathi's house, she also falls in love with Raghu and tries to propose him but fails in her attempts. Raghu, in the meanwhile, without knowing Vaathi is in love with him, tries to make her fall in love with him. He shares his love for Vaathi and that she is his uncle's daughter and also that Janaki wants her daughters to marry a good poor man with Meena. Meena and Raghu, now knowing all the truth, try to unite the two families and change Janaki's mindset to let her daughters marry rich men but all their plans go in vain. Rajeshwari, in the meanwhile, decides that Janani would be a suitable girl to marry Raghu and also successfully completes their engagement without knowing Raghu is in love with Vaathi who is her brother's daughter. All of Meena's plans fail to stop the engagement. When one day Vaathi asks Raghu to show his mother, he shows a flower-seller as his mother and makes Vaathi believe it. Rajeshwari plans for Janani's marriage with Raghu soon. Janani's brother, Raj is in love with Kaarkuzhali, Vaathi's elder sister and Janaki's first daughter. As Thiagarajan and Vanaja, Janani and Raj's parents plan both their marriages at the same time, both the marriages are at stake as Raj loves Kaarkuzhali and Raghu loves Vaathi. The only person who knows all the truth is Meena. Unexpectedly, there is a rivalry developed between Rajeshwari and Vaathi. When Thiagarajan and Vanaja travel in Vaathi's auto with the thali, they miss the thali in the auto itself. But Vaathi returns the thali back leading in friendship between them. Thiagarajan and Vanaja bring the marriage invitation card and give it to Vaathi's family and ask them to attend the function. Vaathi's family accepts this. Abhi also knowing all the truth tries to stop this but her efforts are in vain. Meena brings Pandavar Brothers - Nalla Sundaram, Azhagu Sundaram and Anbu Sundaram from Pandavar Illam family to kidnap Janani on the day of marriage to stop the function. In the marriage hall, Janaki's family and Rajeshwari's family are present. Raghu sees Meena fixing Abhi's wig to show her as Abhishek and asks Meena about it for which she reveals that Abhi is dressed up as Abhishek. Raghu also replies that he will not reveal Abhi as he likes Abhi very much. Meena gets happy upon hearing this. Will Janaki and Rajeshwari come face-to-face? Will Vaathi learn that Rajeshwari is her paternal aunt? Will Rajeshwari forgive Vaathi upon learning that she brought the lost thali back and accept Janaki's family? Will Raghu's marriage with Vaathi and Raj's with Kaarkuzhali happen? Will Abhi get caught red-handed as Abhishek? Will Vaathi come to know that Raghu is cheating her as a poor boy and that he is really Rajeshwari's son and is a rich boy? Will Janaki learn her daughters are in love with rich boys and accept them? Will Meena's relationship with Abhi and her promise to Raghu and Raj to unite them with their lovers be fulfilled? Will the truths be spilled out during the function is what form the crux of the story.

Cast[]

Main[]

• Riya Manoj as Abhirami a.k.a Abhi - Meena and Sivasubramaniam's biological daughter ; Rajeswari's biological granddaughter ; Saravanan's adopted daughter, Mukhil's biological elder sister and as Abhishek (fake boy get-up) (2020- present)
• Vidhya Mohan as Meenal a.k.a Meena − Sivasubramaniam's wife; Rajeshwari's daughter-in-law; Abi's biological mother; Ilamukhil's mother also Eshwaran's younger sister (2020- present)
• Nidhish Kutty as Ilamugil Sangilikaruppu a.k.a Mukhil - Meena and Sivasubramaniam's son; Abhirami's biological younger brother also Rajeshwari's grandson (2020- present)
• Aravind Akash as Dr. Sivasubramaniam a.k.a Siva - Meena's husband; Abi's biological father and Ilamukhil's father; Rajeshwari's son also Girija's elder brother (2020- present)

Supporting[]

• Akhila as Girija − Rajeshwari's daughter; Sivasubramaniam's younger sister; Sundar's wife; Sumo's mother, Abi and Mukhil's aunt.Greedy woman.
• Shyam Ji as Raghu − Rajeswari's younger son; Sivasubramaniam and Girija's younger brother, Abi, Mukhil and Sumo's uncle, Vaathi's love interest
• Ramya Gowda as Vaathi - raghu's love interest , maagilni and kaarkulali's younger sister
• Latha as Rajeshwari - Siva, Girija, Raghu's mother also Abi, Mukhil and Sumo grandmother, Meena and Sundar's mother-in-law, a wealthy person
• Kurinji Nathan as Sundaramoorthy a.k.a Sundar − Sivasubramaniam's younger brother-in-law; Girija's henpecked husband, Rajeswari's son-in-law also Abi and Mukhil's uncle
• Aadhish Jatti Jaganathan as Su. Mohan "Sumo" − Sivasubramaniam's younger nephew; Abi and Mukhil's Cousin; Sundar and Girija's son
• RajKamal as Saravanan- Abi's adopted father
• Yamuna Chinnadurai as Keerthi- Mukhil's teacher, Saravanan's love interest
• Lakshmi Raj / Sekar Raja/ Manoharan Krishnan as Eshwaran − Meena's elder brother
• Vanaja as Kalyani − Meena's elder sister-in-law; Eshwaran's wife
• Vasu Vikram as Veluchamy − Eshwaran and Meena's father
• Tharini as Vijayalakshmi − Eshwaran and Meena's mother
• Sathish Arunagiri as Prakash, - a bad Doctor , Sivasubramaniam's arch-rival
• Master Jerome as Munna - Mukhil friend
• Roja Sholapur as Jaanaki - Kaarkulali , Maagilni and vaathi's mother also rajeshwari's arch-rival
• Hensha Deepan as Maagilni - vaathi's second elder sister , kaarkulali's younger sister
• Nisha as kaarkulali - Maagilni and vaathi's elder sister
• Tamil selvan as kuruvi - Vaathi's friend
• V C Jeyamani as Tamil Thatha Sethupet Sekizlar - Mukul 's Tuition Master and retired Tamil Professor, Father of Janaki, Grand father of Vaathi,Kaarkulali and Magilni

Special appearances[]

• Jaishankar as Sangilikaruppan − Rajeshwari's husband (posthumous photographic appearance only)
• Singampuli as Pulikutty (2020) - Rajeshwari Cousin Son
• Jangiri Madhumitha as Jill Jung Juck (2020) - Pulikutty Wife
• Rj Vigneshkanth as Harrish - Sivasubramaniam's friend (2021) (Dead)
• Nandita Swetha as herself (2021) - Raghu's love interest
• Deivamagal Suhasini as Meenakshi (2021) - Nandhitha's sister
• Baba Lakshman as Meenakshi Husband (2021)
• Narasimha Raju as Himalayan Priest Preacher (2021)
• Parthan Siva as Vishwanathan - Kaarkulali, Maagilini and Vaathi's father and Rajeshwari's younger brother (2021) (Dead)

Dubbed versions[]

Reception[]

In its debut week, it became the fifth most watched Tamil television program garnering 6.6 million impressions.^[4] The following week it increased to 6.89 million impressions occupying the same position as of previous week.^[5] The following week it garnered 7.10 million impressions.^[6] In week 47, it dropped to 6.853 million impressions occupying fifth position.^[7][8]

Soundtrack[]

Broadcast network[]

The series was released on 26 October 2020 on Sun TV and also airs on Sun TV HD. The program was also broadcast internationally on Sun TV. The program's episodes are released on YouTube channel Sun TV after the original broadcast and the app Sun NXT.^[9]

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website (in English)