Kana Kaanum Kaalangal
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| Created by | Thai Selvam |
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| Theme music composer | Title Song:
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| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 725+ |
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| Production locations | Chennai Coimbatore Trichy Madurai Thanjavur |
| Cinematography | E. Martin Joe Saravanan |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Approx. 19 minutes |
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| Original network | Star Vijay Disney+Hotstar |
| Original release | 30 October 2006 – present |
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Kana Kaanum Kaalangal (transl. Periods of Dreaming) is a Tamil drama soap opera that aired on weekdays on Star Vijay.[4][5][6] It was the first soap in Tamil television that focused on school life. Due to the success of the show, a sequel called Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Kallooriyin Kadhai was made.[7][8][9][10][11][12] Later another sequel to the serial called Kana Kaanum Kalangal Kalloori Saalai was also made. Both the sequels focused on college life. It was re-aired on Star Vijay Super from 16 January 2017, Monday through Friday at 8:00PM (IST). It's upcoming season will expected to launch in January 2022 with full of new actors on Disney+Hotstar.
Cast[]
New Season 2022 (SCHOOL)[]
- as "Stella"
- (Blacksheep)
- (Blacksheep)
- Pranika Dhakshu
- Pragateesh
- Deepika as "Haritha"
- Aegan
- Vishwa Mithran (Sarpatta Reels)
- Raja Vetri Prabhu
- VJ Sangeetha (Kanaa Kaanum Kaalangal Teacher)
- Rajmohan (PT Master)
- Sathyanarayanan (Dolby Sathya) (Blacksheep)
- Aegan
- Aashik Gopinath Bryan
- Maurish frank
- Preethiga
- VJ Kalyani
- Deepika
- Parvez musharaf
- Pragatheeswaran (Blacksheep/Unakkennapaa)
School season[]
- Season 1
- Hemalatha as Raghavi
- S.Sheva as Bala (Thala)
- Mohamed Irfan as Vineeth
- Yuthan Balaji as Joseph Gabriel "Joe"
- Lingeswaran as Pandi
- Hariharan "Hari" as Krishnamoorthy "Krish"
- Vasudeva Krish Madhusudhan "Madhu" as Pachaiyappan "Pachai"
- Stalin Shanmugavel as Rishi
- Iyappan as Unni Menon "Unni"
- Monisha Ravishankar as Sanghavi
- Kothai as Deepa
- Sheron as Ragini
- Preethi (Pavithra) as Saraswathi "Sis"
- Sri as Sri Ram "Sri"
- Kiran Konda as Madan
- Dinesh Prabhakaran "Dinesh" as Rakesh "Rocky"
- Sarath as Lingeswaran "Lingu"
- Ravikumar as Aadhi
- Ramesh Appunu as Thomas "Tom"
- Krishna Priya "Priya Atlee" as Priya
- Raghavendran Ravi as Pulikesi (Puli Gates/Sullan)
- Sriram Chandrasekar (Gadam Kishan) as Ramakrishnan "Kichcha"/(Kishan)
- Poornima as Karthika "Karthi"
- Haritha as Mintu
- Vaishnavi as Mano
- Chander as a school student
- Sabarna as a school student* Bhanu Chander as Rajendran, Raghavi and Sanghavi's father
- Rekha as Lakshmi, Raghaviand Sanghavi's mother
- Ilavarasan as Raghavi's father
- Meera Krishnan as Raghavi's mother
- Naren (Aadukalam Naren) as Chidambaram, correspondent
- Anbazhagan "Anbu" as PT Peeli Sivam
- Jeeva as Jeeva, teacher
- Kalpana Sri as Madhavi, principal
- Raviraj as Gabriel Arokyaraj, Joseph's father
- Senthi Kumari as teacher
- Kavyavarshini as Bharathi
- Saakshi Siva as Vineeth's father
- Peeli Sivam as Moorthy
- Brindha Das as Vineeth's mother
- Ramana Ramakrishnan as Bala's father
- Nesan as Deepa's uncle
- Jhayasundari as Deepa' mother
- Sachin as Bala's brother
- Kuyili as Jeeva's mother
- Shailaja as Krishnamoorthy's mother
- Engineer Srinivasan as Rajendran's father
- Kousalya Senthamarai as Rajammal, Rajendran's mother
- Rathnaraj as Kathiresan, police Inspector
- Chelladurai as Pandi's father
- Shobana as Pandi's mother
- Theni Murugan as Murugan, Pachaiyappan's father
- Sumathi Sri as Pachaiyappan's mother
- Pasi Sathya as Pandi's aunt
- Minnal Deepa as PT Peeli Sivam's wife
- Suchithra as Kalavathi, Raghavi's sister
- Ganesh Babu as teacher
- Jayakanthan as Shanmuganathan, teacher
- Karnaa Radha as teacher
- Vincent as Vincent, teacher
- Birla Bose as police inspector
- Vinoth as Ilam Parithi
- Master Udayaraj as mechanic
- Sivakarthikeyan as himself (special appearance)
- Cheran as himself (special appearance)
- Deepak Dinkar as himself (special appearance)
- Venkat as Himself (special appearance)
- Divyadharshini "DD" as herself (special appearance)
- Nisha Venkat as herself (special appearance)
- Sruthi as herself (special appearance)
- Nancy Jennifer as herself (special appearance)
- Swaminathan as Gaja/Aalaiyamani (Temple bell) (special appearance)
- Gowthami Vembunathan as herself (special appearance)
- Season 2
- Sri Ram "Sri" as Sri Ram "Sri"
- Vignesh Kumar "Vicky Krish" as Vignesh "Vicky"
- Kiran Konda as Madan
- Dinesh Prabhakaran "Dinesh" as Rakesh "Rocky"
- Ravikumar as Aadhi
- Ramesh Appunu as Thomas "Tom"
- Krishna Priya "Priya Atlee" as Priya
- Hema as Hema
- Michael Thangadurai as Michael Varadharaj
- Raghavendran Ravi as Pulikesi "Puli"(Puli Gates/Sullan)
- Jhony as Jhony
- Prabhu as Prabhu
- Udhay as Udhay
- Sriram Chandrasekar (Gadam Kishan) as Ramakrishnan "Kichcha"/(Kishan)
- Monica
- Hemalatha as Raghavi
- Ligeswaran (Black Pandi) as Pandi (Black Pandi)
- Vasudeva Krish Madhusudhan "Madhu" as Pachaiyappan "Pachai"
- Stalin Shanmugavel as Rishi
- Iyappan as Unni Menon "Unni"
- Bhavya Rajan as Bhavya
- Venkat Renganathan as a student
- Azhagappan as a student
- Bala Saravanan as a student
- Anandhi Ajay as a student
- Sri Vidya Nagarajan as a student
- Anbazhagan "Anbu" as PT Peeli Sivam
- R. Raveendran "R. Ravi"/(Jeeva Ravi) as Sri Ram, Vignesh and Bhavya's father
- Y. V. Subaramaniam as Correspondent
- Deepa Nethran as Vicky and Bhavya's mother and Sri Ram's step mother
- Usha Elizabeth as Sri Ram's mother and Vignesh and Bhavya's step mother
- Kamal Haasan (Kamal Bharathi) as Kamal Haasan, English teacher
- Raviraj as Gabriel Arokyaraj, principal
- Rathnaraj as police inspector
- Chelladurai as Pandi's father
- Theni Murugan as Murugan, Pachaiyappan's father
- Pattukkottai Sivanarayana Moorthy as Pulikesi's grandfather
- Varalakshmi as Pulikesi's grandmother
- Suryakanth as Pechiyammal's father and Pandi's uncle
- Larawin as Larawin, dance master
- Vincent as Vincent, teacher
- Birla Bose as a police inspector
- Sivakarthikeyan as himself (special appearance)
- Shreekumar "Shree" as himself (special appearance)
- Dev Anand as himself (special appearance)
- Tinku as himself (special appearance)
- Divyadharshini "DD" as herself (special appearance)
- Swaminathan as Gaja/Aalaiyamani (Temple bell) (special appearance)
- Roopesh as himself (special appearance)[13][14][15]
College season[]
- Season 1
- Karthik Raj as Karthikeyan "Karthi"
- Prem Kumar "Prem" (Vetri) as Vetri
- Sai Pramodita as Jeyalaxmi "Jeya"
- Swetha Krishnan as Swetha
- Swetha Subramanian as Jyothika "Jyo"
- Bala Saravanan as Bala
- Ramesh Thilak as Azhagesan alias Al Gates
- Chathrien Rajan as Chathri "Kathadi"
- Franklin as Appu
- Vishnu Vijay (Vishnu) as Ashokan "Ashok"
- Haripriya as Haripriya
- Ganesh Prabhu as Saravanan "Saravnana"
- Nisha Krishnan as Divya
- Jacqueline Prakash as Nila
- Rajani Ravikumar as Rajini
- Harini as Harini
- Laddu Vidya as Vidya (Laddu)
- Sandhya as Sandhya
- Monalisa as Monalisa
- Mithra as Mithra
- Kushboo as Thamizharasi
- Sakthi as Sakthi
- Lingeswaran (Black Pandi) as Thangappandi
- Dinesh as Rakesh "Rocky"
- Raghavendran as Jakkubhai "Jakku"
- Sriram Chandrasekar (Gadam Kishan)
- Karthick Vasudevan "Vasu" as Vasu
- Madhan Pandian "Madhan" as Madhan
- Bala Krishnan "Bala" as Inba
- Sindhu Shyam as correspondent
- Suzane George as a lecturer
- S. Rajasekar as Rajasekar
- Raviraj as a lecturer
- R. Raveendran "R. Ravi" (Jeeva Ravi) as Manohar, secretary
- Thirumurugan Duraisamy as Thiru (Sullan)
- Halwa Vasu
- Suryakanth as MLA, Thangapandi's father
- Vadivel Balaji
- Robo Shankar
- T. Sivakumar (Pasanga Sivakumar) as Saravanan's father
- Usha Elizabeth as Elizabeth
- Dhanasekaran (Mullai)
- Monkey Ravi
- Ananth Vaidyanathan as himself (special appearance)
- Divya Vijaygopal as herself (special appearance)
- Sathish Krishnan as himself (special appearance in the title song)
- Season 2
- Prem Kumar "Prem" (Vetri) as Vetri
- Kavirajan (Kavin Raj/Kavin) as Siva
- Rio Raj as Palani
- Raju Jeyamohan as Jeevanantham "Jeeva"
- Asritha Sreedas as Sandhya
- Vaishali Radhakrishnan (Swetha) as Vaishali
- Sai Gayatri Bhuvanesh as Manjula
- Rishika Suman as Stella
- Abinaya as Thenu
- Sanchana Natarajan as Sanjana
- RJ Shivakanth as Kathir
- Britto Mano as Britto
- Pavel Mani as Mani
- Sridhar as Raghunath, college correpondent/Shiva and Vetri's father
- Deepa Nethran as Lakshmi, lecturer/Shiva's mother and Vetri's stepmother
- Lakshmi as Vetri's mother and Shiva's stepmother
- Pooja as Pooja, lecturer
- T. V. V. Ramanujam as Kathir's father
- Shobana as Kathir's mother
- Boys Rajan as Menon principal
- Halwa Vasu as Vasu
- Suryakanth as Palani's father
- Shiva Aravind as Shiva
Spin-off[]
- VJ Sangeeta as Malar Teacher
- Prem Kumar as a teacher
- Sai Pramodita as a teacher
- Teja Venkatesh as a student
- Pranika Dakshu as a student
- Aravind Seiju as a student
Soundtrack[]
The title song was composed by the music director Vijay Antony and the background score was composed by C. K. Ganesh with lyrics written by Thenmozhi Das. The title song video was directed by Shiran Mather. [16]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Kanavugal Kaanum Vayasuachu" | Thenmozhi Das | Vijay Antony | C. Sathya, Maya | 3:31 |
| 2. | "Farewell Anthem" | Kannadasan, Vaali, Thenmozhi Das | C. K. Ganesh | 3:04 | |
| 3. | "Collegeuda Teenageuda" | Yugabharathi | Hari Krishna | Aalap Raju | 3:15 |
| 4. | "Unnai Kanda Naalil Thane" | Arun Raja | M. Britto | Ajesh, Santhosh, Ragini, Pooja |
Awards and nominations[]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role | Result |
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| 2014 | Vijay Television Awards[17][18] | Kana Kaanum Kaalangal | Won | ||
| Lingeswaran | Black Pandi | Nominated |
Production[]
Development[]
This is a story about school life which was aired Mondays to Thursdays at 8 PM on Star Vijay channel. Being set in the school days, this series is all about 12 students, separated into 2 groups. The plot revolves around the rivalry between these 2 groups and the consequences of the same. Everyday happenings of the student life are portrayed in this series to very minute details like healthy competition, fights, jealousy and friendship.
Following the success of season 1 of the series, season 2 was started with fresh new faces and were promoted to 12th standard. When the producer and director announced the interview for the selection of the cast for second season, it was said that nearly 2000 applicants applied and they had a very tough time in short listing the participants in the selection.
Casting[]
Star Vijay conducted a talent search and students between 14 and 22 years were shortlisted and selected for the serial except Hemalatha and Ligeswaran, who had prior acting experience. All others were students who were acting for the first time to make the serial as close to reality as possible. [19][20][21]
Reception[]
Kana Kaanum Kaalangal went on to top the TRP ratings among the other Tamil serials during its telecast.[22] In 2007, the series had recorded its highest rating of 7.7 TVR in Chennai which helped to increase Star Vijay's average channel share by 16.4 per cent in Chennai and the series was in the leading position among the other Tamil serials which were telecasted during the same time slot, achieving an average channel share by 16.2 per cent in Tamil Nadu.[23]
In June 2007, the series had completed its 100th episode. In order to celebrate the milestone that the series had achieved, a live chat was organized on indya.com through which the fans got an opportunity to interact with the team members of the series. On 10 June 2007, Star Vijay had also organized a fan meet for the series "Kana Kaanum Kaalangal Carnival" at St. George's School, Chennai. The carnival had witnessed more than thousands of fans who had gathered to meet the lead actors and actresses of the series.[24][25][26]
Legacy[]
Kana Kaanum Kaalangal was a trendsetter series in Tamil television in many ways since almost all the artists of the series were fresh faces for whom the series was their 1st acting assignment or they had earlier appeared as child artists/uncredited extras in serials or movies. The artists for the lead characters were selected by a talent hunt conducted by Star Vijay with a judge panel consisting of Praveen Gandhi, Vasu Vikram and Prabhu Radhakrishnan, moreover, an acting workshop was also conducted by Kalairani for the artists who were selected to play the lead characters. This series marked the debut of many artists as well as technicians for whom the series became a major breakthrough following its grand success. Most of the artists from the series continued to work in lead/supporting roles in serials/cinema and became successful in various other domains of media and arts as well.[27]
After 15 years of the series commencement, the grand reunion of the artists from the series from various seasons was aired as a special show on 18 July 2021 on Star Vijay.[28][29][30][31]
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External links[]
- Vijay TV television series
- Tamil-language school television series
- Tamil-language teen television series
- Tamil-language romance television series
- 2000s Tamil-language television series
- 2006 Tamil-language television series debuts
- Tamil-language television shows
- 2008 Tamil-language television series endings
- Indian teen drama television series