Azhagu (TV series)
Azhagu | |
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Genre | Soap opera |
Written by |
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Screenplay by | C. U. Muthuselvan Ashok Kumar Kumareshan S.Muralidharan |
Directed by |
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Creative director | V. Murali Raaman |
Starring |
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Theme music composer | Vishal Aditya (Title Song) Kiran (Background Score) |
Opening theme | Azhagamma S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (Vocals) Badri Venkatesh (Lyrics) |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Tamil |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 719 |
Production | |
Producer | Vaidehi Ramamurthy |
Cinematography | Azhagiya Manavaiyan P.Chella Pandiyan |
Editors | M.S Thiyagarajan R.P.Manikandan K.Bharath Kumar |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 20-21 minutes |
Production company | Vision Time India Pvt Ltd |
Release | |
Original network | Sun TV |
Original release | 20 November 2017 3 April 2020 | –
External links | |
Sun nxt | |
Production website |
Azhagu (transl. Beauty) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language soap opera starring Shruthi Raj, VJ Sangeetha, Revathi and Thalaivasal Vijay. The show premiered on 20 November 2017 and apparently ended on 3 April 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2] The show was produced by Vision Time India Pvt Ltd on Sun TV.[3]
Synopsis[]
Season-1[]
The story is about the nuances of love between husband Palaniswamy and his wife Azhagu, even though they have been married for decades, and have successful and robust individual personas.
Azhagu is the one who finds amicable solutions to all family problems and issues while struggling to help her five children Ravi, Aishwarya, Mahesh, Thiruna and Kavya survive peacefully.
Season-2[]
Ravi's wife Sudha becomes an ideal daughter in law of the family while Mahesh's wife Poorna hatches various plots against the family. Soon, it is revealed that Poorna and Sudha are Sakundala's long lost daughters. Despite, Poorna turns eviler, and she creates various problems.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Revathi as Azhagammai "Azhagu" Palaniswamy: Palaniswamy's wife
- Thalaivasal Vijay as Palaniswamy: Azhagammai's husband
- VJ Sangeetha as Poorna Mahesh: Mahesh's wife
- Shruthi Raj as Sudha Ravi: Ravi's wife
- Lokesh Bhaskaran as Ravikumar "Ravi" Palaniswamy: Azhagu and Palani's elder son
- Vibhu replaced Bhaskaran.[when?]
- Manikanda Rajesh as Maheshkumar "Mahesh" Palaniswamy: Azhagu and Palani's second son
Supporting[]
- Gayatri Jayaraman as Sakuntala Devi Aravind: Sudha, Poorna and Madhan's mother
- Niranjan as Thirunavukkarasu Palaniswamy: Azhagu and Palani's younger son
- Avinash Ashok replaced Niranjan in the role[when?]
- Farina Azad as Nivedhitha Thirunavukkarasu aka Nivi: Thiruna's wife
- Akshitha Bopaiah replaced Azad in the role[when?]
- Vaishnavi Arulmozhi replaced Bopaiah in the role[when?]
- Sahana Sheddy as Kavya Madhan: Azhagu and Palani's youngest daughter
- Vignesh as Madhankumar "Madhan" Aravind: Kavya's husband
- Murali as Aravind: Sudha, Poorna and Madhan's father
- Gayathri Raj as Malliga
- Usha Elizabeth as Kaaliyamma
- Sai Gopi as Dharmalingam
- Joker Tulasi as Tulasi: Sakunthala Devi's assistant
- Swathi Reddy as Swathy: Poorna's friend
- Arunkumar Padmanabhan as Bhaskar: Surendar's younger brother
- Uma Rani as Sornam:Surendar and Bhaskar's mother
- Aiswarya Devi as Archana Sundaram: Thiruna's ex-wife
- Sonu Satheesh Kumar as Priya Sundaram: Archana's elder sister
- Rajesh as Sundaralingam "Sundaram": Archana and Priya's father
- Veena Venkatesh as Maheshwari Sundaram: Archana and Priya's mother
- Mithra Kurian as Aishwarya "Aishu" Ganesh: Azhagu and Palani's eldest daughter
- Nithya Das replaced Kurian in the role[when?]
- Niranjani Ashok replaced Das in the role[when?]
- Jayaraman Mohan as Ganeshkumar "Ganesh" Sethuraman:Aishu's husband
- Poovilangu Mohan as Sethuraman: Ganesh,Sathya and Manisha's father
- Naresh Eswar as Sathyamurthy a.k.a. Sathya Sethuraman: Ganesh's younger brother
- VJ Mounika as Manisha Sethuraman: Ganesh's younger sister
- Archana Harish as Supraja
- Rajesh as Naveen: Aishwarya's friend
- Divya as Anitha: Ganesh's former lover
- Kousalya Senthamarai as Atthaiyamma: Anitha's grandmother
- Ramya Ramakrishna as Rathi Venkat: Nivi's sister
- Prem as Krishna Kumar
- Cumbum Meena Sellamuthu as Alamelu
- Shanthi Williams as Aravind and Shailaja's mother
- Sai Madhavi as Shailaja: Aravind's sister
- Bhagyalakshmi as Vijaya
- Baboos as Thandavam
- B. Kannan as Kannan: Sethuraman's elder brother
- Gopalakrishnan Krishnamoorthy as Gopal: Sethuraman's younger brother
- Fawaz Zayani as Venkatakrishnan "Venkat": Nivi's uncle
- Aishwarya as Vasantha: Palani's younger sister; Poorna's adoptive mother
- Vasu Vikram as Manimaran: Azhagu's elder brother
- Rajyalakshmi as Devi Manimaran: Manimaran's wife
- Navindhar as Mahendran Manimaran: Manimaran's son
- Sudha as Rangamma: Sudha's adoptive mother
- Thilagam as Rangamma's husband: Sudha's adoptive father
- Shree Ashwini as Inspector Vijayalakshmi
- Ashwin as Surender: Sudha's first husband
Guests[]
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam as himself in episodes 3 and 4
- Srithika as Vidhya in episodes 587 and 588
- Arnav as Ashok in episodes 587 and 588
- Priyanka Kumar as Iniya in episodes 629 and 630
- Sateesh Kumar as Vasudevan in episodes 629 and 630
Production[]
Casting[]
Revathi was cast as the lead Azhagu who making her comeback after 10 years.[4] It is the second serial for the male lead Thalaivasal Vijay after 27 years.[5] Shruthi Raj and V J Sangeeta were cast as the next leads.[6][7] Aishwarya makes a TV serial comeback after 3 years sabbatical.
In October 2019, Sahana Sheddy playing Kavya quit the series stating less screen space for her role.[8] However, within few days, she rejoined the series after the production team convinced her.[9] In November 2019, Vaishnavi Arulmozhi replaced Akshitha Bopaiah as Nivedita.[10] In the same month, Revathi returned to the series after 2 months break after her film shootings.[11]
Development[]
On 1 April 2018, a special celebration sequence of Azhagu and Palanisamy getting married took place with the invitation of their friends and public.[12]
The production and shooting of all Indian television series and films were halted, due to COVID-19 pandemic in India, on 19 March 2020 and were supposed to resume after 31 March 2020.[13] However, due to nationwide lockdown in the country imposed from 25 March 2020, it could not resume and the last new episode was broadcast on 3 April 2020.[14] After about three months, the shooting resumed after being granted permission in early June 2020 and some sequences were shot with some cast including Urvashi as a new addition.[15] However, Tamil Nadu Government announced full lockdown from 19 June 2020 to 30 June 2020 for Chennai and its surrounding three districts. Due to it the production and filming was also once again halted.[16] In July 2020, Sun TV abruptly confirmed the series not returning as many of the cast members including Revathi and Sruthi Raj were sceptical to arrive to shoot owing the pandemic.[17][18]
Ratings[]
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Year / Week | Episodes | Broadcast date | BARC ratings (Tamil Nadu + Puducherry)[19][failed verification] | |
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Nationwide (Tamil Nadu+ Puducherry) | Ranking (Nationwide) | |||
Week 01 | 1 - 6 | 18 November 2017 – 24 November 2017 | 11.1% (11158) | 7 |
Week 02 | 7 - 12 | 25 November 2017 – 1 December 2017 | 11.2% (10238) | 7 |
Week 03 | 13 - 18 | 2 December 2017 – 8 December 2017 | 11.0% (11037) | 8 |
Week 04 | 19 - 23 | 9 December 2017 – 15 December 2017 | 10.1% (10132) | 10 |
Week 05 | 24 - 29 | 16 December 2017 – 22 December 2017 | 10.2% (10252) | 9 |
Week 06 | 30 - 35 | 23 December 2017 – 29 December 2017 | 10.1% (10196) | 11 |
Week 07/01 | 36 - 40 | 30 December 2017 – 5 January 2018 | 9.5% (9534) | 10 |
Week 02 | 41 - 46 | 6 January 2018 – 12 January 2018 | 9.6% (9689) | 09 |
Week 03 | 47 - 50 | 13 January 2018 – 19 January 2018 | 8.4% (8407) | 08 |
Week 04 | 51 - 56 | 20 January 2018 – 26 January 2018 | 8.1% (8134) | 09 |
Week 05 | 57 - 61 | 27 January 2018 – 2 February 2018 | 9.5% (9593) | 08 |
Week 06 | 62 - 67 | 3 February 2018 – 9 February 2018 | 9.4% (9422) | 07 |
Week 07 | 68 - 73 | 10 February 2018 – 16 February 2018 | 9.4% (9482) | 09 |
Week 08 | 74 - 79 | 17 February 2018 – 23 February 2018 | 9.4% (9419) | 10 |
Week 09 | 80 - 85 | 24 February 2018 – 3 March 2018 | 9.0% (9047) | 11 |
Week 10 | 86 - 91 | 3 March 2018 – 9 March 2018 | 8.4% (8404) | 08 |
Week 11 | 92 - 97 | 10 March 2018 – 16 March 2018 | 9.7% (9794) | 09 |
Week 12 | 98 - 103 | 17 March 2018 – 23 March 2018 | 9.6% (9683) | 09 |
Week 13 | 104 - 109 | 24 March 2018 – 30 March 2018 | 9.4% (9451) | 07 |
Week 14 | 110 - 115 | 31 March 2018 – 6 April 2018 | 8.9% (8944) | 09 |
Week 15 | 116 - 121 | 7 April 2018 – 13 April 2018 | 8.7% (8744) | 09 |
Week 16 | 122 - 126 | 14 April 2018 – 20 April 2018 | 8.9% (8986) | 08 |
Week 17 | 127 - 132 | 21 April 2018 – 27 April 2018 | 8.0% (8058) | 08 |
Week 18 | 133 - 138 | 28 April 2018 – 4 May 2018 | 8.1% (8186) | 09 |
Week 19 | 139 - 144 | 5 May 2018 – 11 May 2018 | 8.4% (8448) | |
Week 20 | 145 - 150 | 12 May 2018 – 18 May 2018 | 8.7% (8728) | |
Week 21 | 151 - 156 | 19 May 2018 – 25 May 2018 | 8.7% (7368) | |
Week 22 | 157 - 162 | 26 May 2018 – 1 June 2018 | 8.0% (8069) | |
Week 23 | 163 - 168 | 2 June 2018 – 8 June 2018 | 7.8% (7850) | |
Week 24 | 169 - 174 | 9 June 2018 – 15 June 2018 | 8.5% (8593) | |
Week 25 | 175 - 180 | 16 June 2018 – 22 June 2018 | 9.4% (9403) | |
Week 26 | 181 - 186 | 23 June 2018 – 29 June 2018 | 9.4% (9432) | |
Week 27 | 187 - 192 | 30 June 2018 – 6 July 2018 | 9.0% (9033) | |
Week 28 | 193 - 198 | 7 July 2018 – 13 July 2018 | 9.6% (9693) | |
Week 29 | 199 - 204 | 14 July 2018 – 20 July 2018 | 9.5% (9570) | |
Week 30 | 205 - 210 | 21 July 2018 – 27 July 2018 | 10.1% (10138) | |
Week 31 | 211 - 216 | 28 July 2018 – 3 August 2018 | 9.5% (9581) | |
Week 32 | 217 - 221 | 4 August 2018 - 10 August 2018 | 9.4% (9466) | |
Week 33 | 222 - 227 | 11 August 2018 - 17 August 2018 | 9.3% (9344) | |
Week 34 | 228 - 233 | 18 August 2018 - 24 August 2018 | 9.6% (9684) | |
Week 35 | 234 - 239 | 25 August 2018 - 31 August 2018 | 9.7% (9721) | |
Week 36 | 240 - 245 | 1 September 2018 - 7 September 2018 | 10.3% (10330) |
International broadcast[]
The series was released on 20 November 2017 on Sun TV and Sun TV HD. The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution.
- The show's episodes are released on YouTube channel, VisionTimeTamil after original telecast.
- It airs in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV and Sun TV HD
- It is also available via the internet protocol television service Lebara Play, Lyca TV and YuppTV.
- It airs on Sri Lanka Tamil channel on Shakthi TV from February 2018 with Sinhala subtitles and PEO TV.
References[]
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- ^ "Actress Sahana Sheddy turns emotional as her show Azhagu set to end its journey - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Azhagu serial crosses 500 episodes". Times of India.
- ^ "With Azhagu Revathy returns to television".
- ^ "I am enjoying working on Azhagu: Thalaivasal Vijay".
- ^ "I had thought to quit acting: Azhagu Sruthi Raj". Vikatan.
- ^ "செல்ல நாய்களுக்காக மனம் உருகும் 'அழகு' வில்லி பூர்ணா..." The Indian Express.
- ^ "Exclusive - Azhagu actress Sahana Sheddy opens up on her exit from the show". The Times of India.
- ^ "Exclusive - Azhagu actress Sahana Sheddy is back on the show, says there are no issues now". The Times of India.
- ^ "Actress Vaishnavi Arulmozhi joins the cast of Azhagu". The Times of India.
- ^ "Revathi returns to Azhagu after the break". The Indian Express.
- ^ "TV show Azhagu's team to hold a special celebration on 1st April". The Times of India.
- ^ "#CoronaScare will not hinder television channels' schedules until March 31". The Times of India.
- ^ "PM Narendra Modi announces 3-week national lockdown from March 24 midnight". Deccan Herald.
- ^ "Revathi And Thalaivasal Vijay Starrer Sun Tv Serial Azhagu To End Soon". The Times of India.
- ^ "Tamil film, television industries to suspend all operations during complete lockdown". Hindustan Times.
- ^ "Sun TV canceled four TV serials, Vijay and Zee insist 25 episodes". Sify. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Daily soap Azhagu to go off-air soon; Avinash, Vaishnavi Arulmozhi and other actors get emotional - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "barcindia.co.in Azhagu serial Ratings".
External links[]
- Official Website (in English)
- Sun TV television series
- 2010s Tamil-language television series
- 2017 Tamil-language television series debuts
- Tamil-language television shows