Kaatrukkenna Veli (TV series)

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Kaatrukkena Veli. lit. What's the need of fence for air?) is a 2021 Indian Tamil soap opera starring Priyanka Kumar and Surya Dharshan K. Raaju, Malavika Avinash and Akshita Ashok. Later, Malavikaand Raaju was replaced by Jyothi Rai and Swaminathan Anandharaman respectively. It first aired on 18 January 2021, and streams on Disney+Hotstar. It is an official remake of Star Jalsha's Mohor.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Plot[]

Vennila is an undergraduate student, who aspires to be an IAS officer. When her father forces her to marry, Vennila elopes on the night before her wedding and embarks upon an extraordinary journey to pursue her. she meets surya, Vennila's economics professor and a board member of the college. He hated his mother because he assumed that his mother left him to pursue her career. Initially, he hated Vennila as she is Sharadha's student but later accepted her .later A classmate of Vennila , abhinaya whom she sees as a rival constantly plots to drive Venilla from the college. She was the top student in her class for studies until Vennila arrived. She hates Venilla because Venilla is Sharadha's student. She has a twin sister called Anandi.Anandi often helps Abhinaya with her ploys to kick Venilla out of the college.

Cast[]

Main[]

• Priyanka Kumar as Vennila
  • An undergraduate student from a small village, who aspires to be a collector. She is a focused and hardworking girl who believes in gender equality. She elopes from her forced wedding in order to pursue her dreams. She moves to Chennai to join the top college there and continue her education. (2021–present)
• Darshan K. Raju (2021) as Suryakumar
  • Vennila's economics professor and a board member of the college. He hated his mother because he assumed that his mother left him to pursue her career. Initially, he hated Vennila as she is Sharadha's student but later accepted her.
    • Swaminathan Anantharaman replaced Raaju in the role of Surya (2021– present)

Supporting[]

• Malavika Avinash (2021) as Sharadha
  • Mahadevan's wife, Surya's mother, Vennila's old professor and mentor. Though she left Surya's house to take care of her parents, her son Surya believes that she left for her career. She loves Surya and is Vennila's mentor.
    • Jyothi Rai replaced Avinash in the role of Saradha (2021– present)
• Bhanu Prakash as Mahadevan
  • Surya's father and Sharatha's husband. He is the Deputy of the college, he has helped and supported Vennila. (2021–present)
• Akshitha Ashok as Abinaya Vishwanathan
  • Surya's younger cousin and Vishwa and Banumathi's daughter. She is a pampered and spoilt girl by Meenakshi. A classmate of Vennila whom she sees as a rival constantly plots to drive Venilla from the college. She was the top student in her class for studies until Vennila arrived. She hates Venilla because Venilla is Sharadha's student. She has a twin sister called Anandi. (2021–present)
• Preetha Reddy as Anandhi Vishwanathan
  • Abhi's twin and sidekick. She often helps Abhi with her ploys to kick Venilla out of the college.
• Veena Venkatesh (2021) as Meenakshi Shivanantham
  • Surya's aunt-turned-foster mother. She instigates Surya against Sharadha by telling him that Sharadha left him to focus on her career.
    • Sujatha Panju replaced Veena in the role of Meenakshi (2021– present)
• Aarthi Ramkumar as Bhanumathi
  • Vishwa's wife and Abhi and Ananthi's mother. Surya's aunt. She supports Venilla and Sharadha (2021–present)
• Sridevi Ashok as Shyamala
  • Meenakshi's daughter-in-law and Surya's sister-in-law. Her husband works abroad.
• Tarun Master as Shivanantam
  • Surya's older uncle and Meenakshi's husband. He founded the college Venilla studies at.
• Raj Khanna as Vishwanathan
  • Surya's elder uncle and Banu Husband, Abi and Ananthi's father.
• Reshmaa as Sowmya Madhavan
  • Vennila's Sister. She supports vennila.
• Maanas Chavali as Madhavan
  • Vennila's brother-in-law. He lusts for Vennila and is abusive towards her sister Sowmya. (2021–present)
• Padmini as Vasuki
  • She is Vennila's mother, she helped Vennila to elope from her forced marriage. (2021–present)
• Nalinikanth as Varatharajan Ramakrishna
  • He is Vennila's father who wanted her to marry a womanizer so that his son can get a government job. He feels that girls should be married and not study. He wants revenge against Sharda for helping Vennila elope
• Madhan as Vishnu
  • Vennila & Sowmya's Brother
• P. R. Varalakshmi as Venneila's grandmother
  • Varatharajan's mother. She wants Vennila to achieve her dream's and supports her granddaughter and scolds her son.
• Shammi as Madhavan Mother
• Shyam sundar as Madhavan Father
• Dayana as Roopa, Vennila friend in college
• Gana Hari as Tamizh, Vennila friend in college
• Dhilip Kumar as Akash, Vennila friend in college
• Raghavendran Puli as Maaran, Vennila Friend in college.

Cameo appearances[]

• Janani Ashok Kumar as Madhuvarshini - Surya's ex-fiancé who was rejected by Surya after she asked to delay their wedding in order to study abroad (2021)

Adaptations[]

References[]

External links[]

• Kaatrukkenna Veli on Hotstar